- Euphorbiales
"Euphorbiales" is the
botanical name of an order offlowering plants . Such an order has been recognized by relatively few taxonomists.In the
APG II system (2003) the plants involved are placed in order "Malpighiales ". A well known system that did recognize such an order was theCronquist system (1981) which placed the order in subclass "Rosidae " and used this circumscription:*order "Euphorbiales"
*: family "Buxaceae "
*: family "Simmondsiaceae "
*: family "Euphorbiaceae "
*: family "Pandaceae "This usage of family "Euphorbiaceae" is in the wide sense: since that time the family has been split.
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