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Lamiales

The Lamiales are an order of flowering plants, included among the asterid group of dicotyledons. The following families are typical of newer classifications:

Under the older Cronquist system of classification, the Lamiales included the families Lamiaceae, Verbenaceae, Boraginaceae, and Lennoaceae. Many of the other families given above were placed in an order Scrophulariales.