Celastrales
Euonymus europaea, Celastraceae family
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Celastrales Baskerville
Families
Celastraceae (staff vine family) Parnassiaceae Lepidobotryaceae

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

• Family Celastraceae (staff vine 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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