Oxalidales | |
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![]() Ceratopetalum apetalum | |
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Oxalidales |
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Oxalidales is an order of flowering plants in the rosid subgroup of dicotyledons. These families are typically placed here:
- Brunelliaceae
- Cephalotaceae
- Connaraceae
- Cunoniaceae
- Elaeocarpaceae
- Oxalidaceae
One carnivorous plant, Cephalotus follicularis is within this order.
Under the Cronquist system, most of the families listed above were placed in the Rosales order. The Oxalidaceae were placed in the Geraniales, and the Elaeocarpaceae were placed between the Malvales and Polygalales, in the latter case being treated as the Tremandraceae.