Theales
title: "Theales" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["historically-recognized-angiosperm-orders"] topic_path: "general/historically-recognized-angiosperm-orders" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theales" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Tea_flower.JPG" caption="Dahlgren]] placed the Theales in the [[superorder]] Theiflorae (also called Theanae). The name was used by the [[Cronquist system]] for an order placed in subclass [[Dilleniidae]], in the 1981 version of the system the circumscription was:"] ::
- order Theales
- : family Ochnaceae
- : family Sphaerosepalaceae
- : family Dipterocarpaceae
- : family Caryocaraceae
- : family Theaceae
- : family Actinidiaceae
- : family Scytopetalaceae
- : family Pentaphylacaceae
- : family Tetrameristaceae
- : family Pellicieraceae
- : family Oncothecaceae
- : family Marcgraviaceae
- : family Quiinaceae
- : family Elatinaceae
- : family Paracryphiaceae
- : family Medusagynaceae
- : family Clusiaceae
In the APG II system (used here) the taxa involved are assigned to many different orders, among which are Ericales, Malvales, and Malpighiales.
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