Austrobaileyales

Austrobaileyales is a botanical name at the rank of order placed in the angiosperms without a class. It consists of about 100 species of woody plants. It contains the star anise (Illicium verum).

Classification
Until the early 21st century, the Austrobaileyales were rarely recognized by most systems of plant taxonomy, with the only exception being the Reveal system developed by James Lauritz Reveal.

The APG system of 1998 did not recognize this order. The APG II system of 2003, however, does accept this order and places it among the basal angiosperms, and does not belong to any further clade. The APG II system uses this circumscription:


 * order Austrobaileyales
 * family Austrobaileyaceae, two species of vines from Australia
 * family Schisandraceae [+ family Illiciaceae], several dozen species of plants from tropical to temperate regions of East and Southeast Asia and the Caribbean
 * family Trimeniaceae, about 6 species of plants from subtropical to tropical Southeast Asia, eastern Australia, and the Pacific Islands

Note: the  means that it is an optional seggregate family, that may be split off from the preceding family. The Cronquist system of 1981 also placed the plants in the Illiciaceae and Schisandraceae families together, but as separate families, united at the rank of order, in the Illiciales order.