Aquifoliales

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Aquifoliales
Yerba maté
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Aquifoliales
Families
Aquifoliaceae[1] Cardiopteridaceae[1] Helwingiaceae Phyllonomaceae Stemonuraceae [1]

The Aquifoliales are an order of flowering plants, including most notably the Aquifoliaceae, or 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 the Cronquist system, there is no Aquifoliales order: the Aquifoliaceae are placed within the order Celastrales and the others are in other families.

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Aquifoliales. Madagascar Catalogue.