SUBCLASS: DICOTYLEDONAE
SUPERORDER: Magnoliidae	SUPERORDER: Hamamelidae	SUPERORDER: Caryophyllidae	SUPERORDER: Dilleniidae	SUPERORDER: Rosidae	SUPERORDER: Asteridae
Order: Magnoliales Families: Magnoliaceae Winteraceae Himantandraceae Cannellaceae Annonaceae Myristicaceae Degeneriaceae Order: Illiciales Families: Illiciaceae Schisandraceae Order: Laurales Families: Austrobaileyaceae Lactoridaceae Eupomatiaceae Gomortegaceae Monimiaceae Calycanthaceae Chloranthaceae Lauraceae Hernandiaceae Order: Piperales Families: Piperaceae Saururaceae Peperomiaceae Order: Aristolochiales Families: Aristolochiaceae Nepenthaceae Order: Nymphaeales Families: Ceratophyllaceae Nymphaeaceae Order: Ranunculales Families: Berberidaceae Ranunculaceae Lardizabalaceae Menispermaceae Order: Papaverales Families: Papaveraceae Fumariaceae Order: Sarraceniales Family: Sarraceniaceae	Order: Trochodendrales Family: Trochodendraceae Order: Hamamelidales Families: Cercidiphyllaceae Platanaceae Hamamelidaceae Order: Eucommiales Family: Eucommiaceae Order: Leitneriales Family: Leitneriaceae Order: Myricales Family: Myricaceae Order: Fagales Families: Betulaceae Fagaceae Balanopaceae Order: Casuarinales Family: Casuarinaceae	Order: Caryophyllales Families: Cactaceae Aizoaceae Caryophyllaceae Nyctaginaceae Amaranthaceae Phytolaccaceae Chenopodiaceae Didiereaceae Portulacaceae Basellaceae Order: Batales Family: Batidaceae Order: Polygonales Family: Polygonaceae Order: Plumbaginales Family: Plumbaginaceae	Order: Dilleniales Families: Dilleniaceae Paeoniaceae Crossosomataceae Order: Theales Families: Theaceae Ochnaceae Dipterocarpaceae Clusiaceae Elatinaceae Quiinaceae Marcgraviaceae Order: Malvales Families: Scytopetalaceae Elaeocarpaceae Tiliaceae Sterculiaceae Bombacaceae Malvaceae Sphaerosepalaceae Sarcolaenaceae Order: Urticales Families: Ulmaceae Moraceae Urticaceae Order: Lecythidales Family: Lecythidaceae Order: Violales Families: Violaceae Flacourtiaceae Lacistemataceae Passifloraceae Turneraceae Malesherbiaceae Fouquieriaceae Caricaceae Bixaceae Cochlospermaceae Cistaceae Tamaricaceae Ancistrocladaceae Frankeniaceae Achariaceae Begoniaceae Loasaceae Datiscaceae Cucurbitaceae Order: Salicales Family: Salicaceae Order: Capparales Families: Capparaceae Tovariaceae Brassicaceae Resedaceae Moringaceae Order: Ericales Families: Clethraceae Grubbiaceae Cyrillaceae Ericaceae Epacridaceae Empetraceae Pyrolaceae Order: Diapensales Family: Diapensiaceae Order: Ebenales Families: Sapotaceae Ebenaceae Styracaceae Order: Primulales Families: Primulaceae Myrsinaceae	Order: Rosales Families: Cunoniaceae Pittosporaceae Droseraceae Brunelliaceae Eucryphiaceae Bruniaceae Rosaceae Crassulaceae Cephalotaceae Chrosobalanaceae Order: Fabales Families: Papilionaceae Caesalpiniaceae Mimosaceae Order: Podostemales Family: Podostemaceae Order: Haloragales Families: Theligonaceae Haloragaceae Hippuridaceae Order: Myrtales Families: Sonneratiaceae Trapaceae Lythraceae Rhizophoraceae Penaeaceae Thymelaeaceae Myrtaceae Punicaceae Onagraceae Oliniaceae Melastomataceae Combretaceae Order: Cornales Families: Nyssaceae Garryaceae Alangiaceae Cornaceae Order: Proteales Families: Elaeagnaceae Protaceae Order: Santales Families: Santalaceae Medusandraceae Olacaceae Loranthaceae Misodendraceae Cynomoriaceae Balanophoraceae Order: Rafflesiales Families: Rafflesiaceae Hydnoraceae Order: Celastrales Families: Geissolomataceae Celastraceae Stackhousiaceae Salvadoraceae Corynocarpaceae Icacinaceae Aquifoliaceae Dichapetalaceae Order: Euphorbiales Families: Buxaceae Pandaceae Euphorbiaceae Order: Rhamnales Families: Rhamnaceae Vitaceae Order: Sapindales Families: Staphyleaceae Melianthaceae Connaraceae Sapindaceae Sabiaceae Julianiaceae Hippocastanaceae Aceraceae Burseraceae Anacardiaceae Simaroubaceae Coriariaceae Meliaceae Cneoraceae Rutaceae Zygophyllaceae Order: Juglandales Family: Juglandaceae Order: Geraniales Families: Houmiriaceae Linaceae Geraniaceae Oxalidaceae Erythroxylaceae Limnanthaceae Balsaminaceae Tropaeolaceae Order: Polygalales Families: Malphighiaceae Trigoniaceae Tremandraceae Vochysiaceae Polygalaceae Krameriaceae Order: Umbellales Families: Araliaceae Apiaceae	Order: Gentianales Families: Loganiaceae Gentianaceae Apocynaceae Asclepiadaceae Oleaceae Order: Polemoniales Families: Nolanaceae Solanaceae Convolvulaceae Menyanthaceae Lennoaceae Polemoniaceae Ehretiaceae Hydrophyllaceae Boraginaceae Order: Lamiales Families: Verbenaceae Lamiaceae Tetrachondraceae Callitrichaceae Phrymaceae Order: Plantaginales Family: Plantaginaceae Order: Scrophulariales Families: Columelliaceae Myoporaceae Scrophulariaceae Globulariaceae Gesneriaceae Orobanchaceae Bignoniaceae Acanthaceae Pedaliaceae Hydrostachydaceae Martyniaceae Lentibulariaceae Order: Campanulales Families: Campanulaceae Lobeliaceae Stylidiaceae Brunoniaceae Goodeniaceae Order: Rubiales Family: Rubiaceae Order: Dipsacales Families: Adoxaceae Caprifoliaceae Valerianaceae Dipsacaceae Calyceraceae Order: Asterales Family: Asteraceae

SUBCLASS: MONOCOTYLEDONAE
SUPERORDER: Alismatidae	SUPERORDER: Commelinidae	SUPERORDER: Arecidae	SUPERORDER: Liliidae
Order: Alismatales Families: Butomaceae Limnocharitaceae Alismataceae Order: Hydrocharitales Family: Hydrocharitaceae Order: Najadales Families: Aponogetonaceae Scheuchzeriaceae Juncaginaceae Lilaeaceae Najadaceae Potamogetonaceae Zannichelliaceae Ruppiaceae Zosteraceae Posidoniaceae Cymodoceaceae Order: Triuridales Family: Triuridaceae	Order: Commelinales Families: Xyridaceae Rapateaceae Mayacaceae Commelinaceae Order: Eriocaulales Family: Eriocaulaceae Order: Restionales Families: Flagellariaceae Centrolepidaceae Restionaceae Order: Poales Family: Poaceae Order: Juncales Families: Juncaceae Thurniaceae Order: Cyperales Family: Cyperaceae Order: Typhales Families: Typhaceae Sparganiaceae Order: Bromeliales Family: Bromeliaceae Order: Zingiberales Families: Musaceae Strelitziaceae Zingiberaceae Cannaceae Marantaceae	Order: Arecales Family: Arecaceae Order: Cyclanthales Family: Cyclanthaceae Order: Pandanales Family: Pandanaceae Order: Arales Families: Lemnaceae Araceae	Order: Liliales Families: Pontederiaceae Philydraceae Iridaceae Liliaceae Amaryllidaceae Agavaceae Xanthorrhoeaceae Velloziaceae Haemodoraceae Taccaceae Stemonaceae Smilacaceae Dioscoreaceae Order: Orchidales Families: Burmanniaceae Orchidaceae

The table is based on the Classification in "Flowering Plants of the World" edited by V. H. Heywood,
published in 1993. Some Sub-families have been up-graded to Family status since publication.

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