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Malpighiales

The Malpighiales are a large order of flowering plants, included in the rosid group of dicotyledons. The following families are placed here:

Under the older Cronquist system, these families were dispersed throughout a number of different orders, not all of which belonged to the Rosidae. The most notable of these are the Polygalales, Violales, Theales, Linales, and Euphorbiales.