Lamiales
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The Lamiales are an order of flowering plants, included among the asterid group of dicotyledons. The following families are typical of newer classifications:
- Family Lamiaceae (mint family)
- Family Verbenaceae (verbena family)
- Family Scrophulariacae (figwort family)
- Family Myoporaceae
- Family Orobanchaceae (broomrape family)
- Family Acanthaceae (acanthus family)
- Family Pedaliacae (pedalium family)
- Family Bignoniaceae (trumpet creeper family)
- Family Lentibulariaceae (bladderwort family)
- Family Plantaginaceae (plantago family)
- Family Paulowniaceae
- Family Martyniaceae
- Family Byblidaceae
- Family Phrymaceae
- Family Schlegeliaceae
- Family Stilbaceae
- Family Tetrachondraceae
- Family Carlemanniaceae
- Family Gesneriaceae (gesneria family)
- Family Calceolariaceae (slipper flowers)
- Family Tetrachondraceae
- Family Oleaceae (olive family)
- Family Plocospermataceae
Under the older
Cronquist system of classification, the Lamiales included the families
Lamiaceae, Verbenaceae,
Boraginaceae, and Lennoaceae. Many of the other families given above were placed in an order
Scrophulariales.