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Celastrales

The Celastrales are an order of flowering plants, included within the rosid subgroup of dicotyledons. Newer classifications include the following three families:

Family Celastraceae (bittersweet family)
Family Parnassiaceae
Family Lepidobotryaceae

Under the older Cronquist system, the order included a larger group of families:

Family Celastraceae
Family Geissolomataceae
Family Hippocrateaceae
Family Stackhousiaceae
Family Salvadoraceae
Family Tepuianthaceae
Family Aquifoliaceae
Family Icacinaceae
Family Aextoxicaceae
Family Cardiopteridaceae
Family Corynocarpaceae
Family Dichapetalaceae

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