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Rhamnales
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1 Placement
2 Synonyms and common names
3 Reference
4 Text
5 Children
Placement
Kingdom
Plantae
Subkingdom Tracheobionta
Division
Magnoliophyta
-- angiosperms, flowering plants
Class
Magnoliopsida
-- dicotyledons
Subclass Rosidae
Order
Rhamnales
Synonyms and common names
none noted
Reference
http://www.itis.usda.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=28444
as of 2002-05-29
Text
Children
Families
Elaeagnaceae
(oleasters) - 3 genera
Leeaceae[?]
- 1 genus (
Leea
), 70 species. Empty in ITIS. See Delta
http://biodiversity.uno.edu/delta/angio/www/leeaceae.htm
for more information
Rhamnaceae[?]
(buckthorn) - 19 genera
Vitaceae
(grapes) - 6 genera. Some authorities put this family ia a separate order, Vitales
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