- Callitrichales
Callitrichales Dumort (1829) is an order of
flowering plant s. As circumscribed by American botanistArthur Cronquist in theCronquist system (1981), the order included three families:
* Hippuridaceae
* Callitrichaceae
* Hydrostachyaceae.A feature is the singlestamen in theflower .The order is not recognized by the
Angiosperm Phylogeny Group ; the family Hydrostachyaceae is placed in the orderCornales and the plants making up the other two families are included in the familyPlantaginaceae .
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