Myrtales
Sign in to savethumb|Fuchsia hybrid 'Blue Eyes' in bloom (order Myrtales, family [[Onagraceae).]] The Myrtales are an order of flowering plants, in the malvid clade of the rosid group of dicotyledons. Well-known members of Myrtales include: myrtle, pōhutukawa, bay rum tree, clove, guava, acca (feijoa), allspice, eucalyptus, crape myrtles, henna tree, pomegranate, water caltrop, loosestrifes, cupheas (cigar plants), evening primroses, fuchsias, willowherbs, white mangrove, leadwood tree, African birch, Koster's curse, and velvet tree.
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Myrtales is an order of flowering plants that includes many well-known species such as eucalyptus, guava, pomegranate, fuchsias, and clove. It matters because it represents a significant group of plants in the broader classification of flowering plants, many of which are economically or ecologically important to humans around the world.
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thumb|Fuchsia hybrid 'Blue Eyes' in bloom (order Myrtales, family [[Onagraceae).]] The Myrtales are an order of flowering plants, in the malvid clade of the rosid group of dicotyledons. Well-known members of Myrtales include: myrtle, pōhutukawa, bay rum tree, clove, guava, acca (feijoa), allspice, eucalyptus, crape myrtles, henna tree, pomegranate, water caltrop, loosestrifes, cupheas (cigar plants), evening primroses, fuchsias, willowherbs, white mangrove, leadwood tree, African birch, Koster's curse, and velvet tree.
==Taxonomy== Myrtales include the following nine families, according to the APG III system of classification: Alzateaceae Combretaceae (leadwood family) Crypteroniaceae Lythraceae (loosestrife and pomegranate family) Melastomataceae (including Memecylaceae) Myrtaceae (myrtle family; including Heteropyxidaceae, Psiloxylaceae) Onagraceae (evening primrose and Fuchsia family) Penaeaceae (including Oliniaceae, Rhynchocalycaceae) Vochysiaceae