Laurales
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The Laurales are an order of flowering plants. They are a basal group of dicots, closely related to the Magnoliales. The following families are included in newer systems:
- Family Lauraceae (laurel family)
- Family Hernandiaceae
- Family Monimiaceae
- Family Siparunaceae
- Family Atherospermataceae
- Family Gomortegaceae
- Family Calycanthaceae
Under the older
Cronquist system, the Laurales included a slightly different set of families:
- Family Amborellaceae
- Family Trimeniaceae
- Family Monimiaceae
- Family Gomortegaceae
- Family Calycanthaceae
- Family Idiospermaceae
- Family Lauraceae
- Family Hernandiaceae