Aquifoliales

The Aquifoliales are an order of flowering plants, including the Aquifoliaceae (holly) family, and also the Helwingiaceae (2-5 species of temperate Asian shrubs) and the Phyllonomaceae (4 species of Central American trees and shrubs). In 2001, the families Stemonuraceae and Cardiopteridaceae were added to this order.^[4] This circumscription of Aquifoliales was recognized by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group when they published the APG II system in 2003.^[5] In the Cronquist system, there is no Aquifoliales order: the Aquifoliaceae are placed within the order Celastrales and the others are in other families.

Aquifoliales Temporal range: Turonian–recent[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Yerba mate
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Clade:	Campanulids
Order:	Aquifoliales Senft[2]
Families[3]
Aquifoliaceae Cardiopteridaceae Helwingiaceae Phyllonomaceae Stemonuraceae