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Dilleniales

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The Dilleniales are an order of dicotyledons, comprising the elephant apple family, Dilleniaceae. Under the Cronquist system they also included the peony (Paeonia) is a separate family, and served as the prototype for the subclass Dilleniidae, which is abandoned in newer schemes.