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Malpighiales
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Malpighiales is ane o the lairgest orders o flouerin plants, containin aboot 16000 species, approximately 7.8% o the eudicots.[2] The order is very diverse, containin plants as different as the willow, violet, Poinsettia an coca plant, an haird tae recognize except wi molecular phylogenetic evidence. It is nae pairt o ony o the classification seestems that are based anly on plant morphology.
Malpighiales | |
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Flouer o Calophyllum inophyllum (Calophyllaceae) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kinrick: | Plantae |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Clade: | Fabids |
Order: | Malpighiales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl[1] |
Faimilies | |
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Synonyms | |
Rhizophorales |
Malpighiales is dividit intae 32 tae 42 faimilies, dependin upon which clades in the order are gien the taxonomic rank o faimily.[3] In the APG III seestem, 35 faimilies are recognized.[1] Medusagynaceae, Quiinaceae, Peraceae, Malesherbiaceae, Turneraceae, Samydaceae, an Scyphostegiaceae are consolidated intae ither faimilies. The lairgest faimily, by far, is Euphorbiaceae, wi aboot 6300 species in aboot 245 genera.[4]
In a 2009 study o DNA sequences o 13 genes, 42 faimilies wur placed intae 16 groups, rangin in size frae ane tae ten faimilies. Almaist nothing is kent aboot the relationships amang these 16 groups.[3] Malpighiales an Lamiales are the twa lairge orders whose phylogeny remains maistly unresolved.[5]