Malpighiales
The Malpighiales are a large order of flowering plants, included in the rosid group of dicotyledons. The following families are placed here:
- Family Malpighiaceae (acerola family)
- Family Peridiscaceae
- Family Trigoniaceae
- Family Dichapetalaceae
- Family Euphroniaceae
- Family Chrysobalanaceae
- Family Balanopaceae
- Family Violaceae (violet family)
- Family Malesherbiaceae
- Family Turneraceae
- Family Passifloraceae (passion-flower family)
- Family Achariaceae
- Family Lacistemaceae
- Family Goupiaceae
- Family Lophopyxidaceae
- Family Podostemaceae
- Family Hypericaceae (St John's wort family)
- Family Clusiaceae
- Family Bonnetiaceae
- Family Elatinaceae
- Family Medusagynaceae
- Family Ochnaceae
- Family Quiinaceae
- Family Caryocaraceae
- Family Rhizophoraceae (mangrove family)
- Family Erythryloxaceae (coca family)
- Family Linaceae (flax family)
- Family Ctenolophonaceae
- Family Humiriaceae
- Family Ixonanthaceae
- Family Salicaceae (willow family)
- Family Euphorbiaceae (spurge family)
- Family Phyllanthaceae
- Family Picodendraceae
- Family Putranjivaceae
- Family Pandaceae
- Family Irvingiaceae
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.