"BarbeyaceaeCannabaceae (hemp family)DirachmaceaeElaeagnaceae (oleaster/Russian olive family)Moraceae (mulberry family)Rhamnaceae (buckthorn family)Rosaceae (rose family)Ulmaceae (elm family)Urticaceae (nettle family)
SynonymsRhamnalesRosanaeUrticales
Rosales is an order of flowering plants. It is sister to a clade consisting of Fagales and Cucurbitales. It contains about 7,700 species, distributed ...
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into about 260 genera. Rosales comprise nine families, the type family being the rose family, Rosaceae. The largest of these families are Rosaceae (90/2500) and Urticaceae (54/2600). The order Rosales is divided into three clades that have never been assigned a taxonomic rank. The basal clade consists of the family Rosaceae; another clade consists of four families, including Rhamnaceae; and the third clade consists of the four urticalean families." - (en.wikipedia.org 16.12.2019)