Cornales

The Cornales are an order of flowering plants, basal among the asterid group of dicotyledons. Newer classifications include the following families:

Dove tree in flower - a species in Nyssaceae

• Family Cornaceae (dogwood family)
• Family Nyssaceae (tupelo family)
• Family Hydrangeaceae (hydrangea family)
• Family Loasaceae (stickleaf family)
• Family Hydrostachyaceae
• Family Curtisiaceae (cape lancewood)
• Family Grubbiaceae (sillyberry family)

Under the older Cronquist system the order instead comprised the families Cornaceae, Garryaceae, and Alangiaceae, and was placed among the Rosidae.