Campanulales

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Campanulales is a valid botanic name for a plant order. It was used in the Cronquist system as an order within the subclass Asteridae in the class Magnoliopsida flowering plants. As then circumscribed it included the families:

  • Pentaphragmataceae In [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/pentaphr.htm Watson and Dallwitz] this family has 1 genus, Pentaphragma with 30 species from southeast Asia.
  • Sphenocleaceae - 1 genus
  • Campanulaceae (harebells) - 28 genera
  • Stylidiaceae In [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/stylidia.htm Watson and Dallwitz] it has 5 genera and 150 species.
  • Donatiaceae
  • Brunoniaceae In [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/brunonia.htm Watson and Dallwitz] there is only one species in the family, Brunonia australis
  • Goodeniaceae (naupaka) - 1 genus

Campanulales is not recognized as an order in the APG II system, where the families are included in order Asterales, except for Sphenocleaceae in Solanales.

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  • {{ITIS |id=34468 |taxon=Campanulales |accessdate=29 May 2002}}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20101213041459/http://delta-intkey.com/angio/ L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval.] https://web.archive.org/web/20070103200438/http://delta-intkey.com/

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Category:Historically recognized angiosperm orders

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