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Laurales
The Laurales are an order of flowering plants. They are a basal group of dicots, closely related to the Magnoliales. The following families are included in newer systems:
- Family Lauraceae (laurel[?] family)
- Family Hernandiaceae[?]
- Family Monimiaceae[?]
- Family Siparunaceae[?]
- Family Atherospermataceae[?]
- Family Gomortegaceae[?]
- Family Calycanthraceae[?]
Under the older Cronquist system, the Laurales included a slightly different set of families:
- Family Amborellaceae[?]
- Family Trimeniaceae[?]
- Family Monimiaceae[?]
- Family Gomortegaceae[?]
- Family Calycanthaceae[?]
- Family Idiospermaceae[?]
- Family Lauraceae
- Family Hernandiaceae[?]
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