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The angiosperms, or flowering plants. Classification is half dead and half alive, with the former predominating for the dicots. I'm trying very hard to find what the current system is, so please bear with me! "Good" orders are wikied, although there is still much variation; the rest are following Cronquist as a back-up.


Basal flowers



Monocots


  • Commelinidae


Eudicots


  • Hamamelidae
    • Urticales - Ulmaceae (elm family)
    • Fagales - Fagaceae (beech family)
  • Rosidae
    • Rosales - Rosaceae (rose family)
    • Fabales - Fabaceae (pea family)
    • Myrtales - Myrtaceae (myrtle family)
    • Celastrales - Aquifoliaceae (holly family)
    • Rhamnales - Vitaceae (grape family)
    • Sapindales - Aceraceae (maple family)
    • Sapindales - Anarcadiaceae (sumac family)
    • Sapindales -Rutaceae (rue family)
    • Apiales - Araliaceae (ginseng family)
    • Apiales - Apiaceae (parsley family)
  • Asteridae
    • Solanales - Solanaceae (nightshade family)
    • Lamiales - Lamiaceae (mint family)
    • Asterales - Asteraceae
  • Dillenidae
    • Malvales - Malvaceae (mallow family)
    • Violales - Cucurbitaceae (gourd family)
    • Salicales - Salicaceae (willow family)
    • Capparales - Brassicaceae (mustard family)
    • Ericales - Ericaceae (heath family)