Order

Myrtales (Myrtles, evening primroses, and allies)

Clarkia rhomboidea. Photo: (c) Bryant Olsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

The Myrtales are an order of flowering plants placed as a sister to the eurosids II clade as of the publishing of the Eucalyptus grandis genome in June 2014. The APG III system of classification for angiosperms still places it within the eurosids. The following families are included as of APG III:

— Wikipedia

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
  - Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
    - Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
      - Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
        Order: Myrtales (Myrtles, evening primroses, and allies)
        Family: Onagraceae (Evening primrose family) (27)
        Family: Myrtaceae (Myrtle family) (4)

Subtaxa

Family: Onagraceae (Evening primrose family)

Family: Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)

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