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The Myrtales are an order of flowering plants placed within the rosid group of dicotyledons. The following families are typical of newer classifications:
- Family Alzateaceae
- Family Combretaceae
- Family Crypteroniaceae
- Family Heteropyxidaceae
- Family Lythraceae ( loosestrife family)
- Family Melastomataceae
- Family Memecylaceae
- Family Myrtaceae ( Myrtle family)
- Family Oliniaceae
- Family OnagraceaeBoisduvallia Calylophus Camissonia Chamerion Circaea Clarkia Epilobium Eucharidium Fuchsia Gaura Gayophytum Gongylocarpus Hauya Hemifuchsia Heterogaura Isnardia Jussiaea Lopezia Ludwigia Oenothera Stenosiphon Xylonagra Zauschneria The Onagraceae or Willow ( evening primrose family)
- Family PenaeaceaeBrachysiphon Endonema Glischrocolla Penaea Saltera Sonderothamnus Stylapterus Penaeaceae is a family of evergreen, leathery-leaved shrubs and small trees, native to South Africa. The family has 25 species in seven genera. Plant families.
- Family Psiloxylaceaemauritanum Psilioxylon mauritanum is species of white-barked flowering evergreen trees, bearing essential oils, the sole species of family Psiloxylaceae . it is endemic to the Mascarene Islands ( Mauritius and Reunion) of the Indian Ocean. Reference Wilso
- Family Rhynchocalycaceae
- Family VochysiaceaeCallisthene Erisma Erismadelphus Euphronia (Lightia Qualea Salvertia Vochysia Vochysiaceae is a family of evergreen flowering plants, which includes trees, shrubs, lianas, and rarely herbs. The family includes about 200 species in 7 genera. Six of the sev
The older Cronquist systemThe Cronquist system is a scheme for the classification of flowering plants (or angiosperms). This system was developed by Arthur Cronquist in his texts An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants (1981) and The Evolution and Classification gives essentially the same composition, except the Vochysiaceae are removed to the order Polygalales, and the Thymelaeaceae are included. The families Sonneratiaceae , Trapaceae, and Punicaceae are removed from the Lythraceae, while the Psioxylaceae and Heteropyxidaceae are treated within the Myrtaceae, and the Memecyclaceae within the Melastomataceae.
References
- Conti, Elena; Erikkson, Torsten; Schonenberger, Jurg; Sytsma, Kenneth J; and Baum, David A. Early Tertiary Out-of-India Dispersal of Crypteroniaceae: Evidence from Phylogeny and Molecular Dating. Evolution, 56(10), 2002, pp. 1931–1942
- Schönenberger, Jürg and Conti, Elena. Molecular phylogeny and floral evolution of Penaeaceae, Oliniaceae, Rhynchocalycaceae, and Alzateaceae (Myrtales). American Journal of Botany. 2003;90:293-309.
