Crossosomatales
Staphylea colchica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Crossosomatales
Families
Crossosomataceae Stachyuraceae Staphyleaceae Aphloiaceae Geissolomataceae Ixerbaceae Strasburgeriaceae

The Crossosomatales are an order, newly recognized by the AGP II, of flowering plants, included within the Rosids, which are part of the eudicots. The following three families are placed here: Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 767 pixel, file size: 437 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) A photo of the tree Staphylea colchica taken by me in Århus, Denmark. ... Binomial name Stev. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. ... Divisions Green algae Chlorophyta Charophyta Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta—liverworts Anthocerotophyta—hornworts Bryophyta—mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) †Rhyniophyta—rhyniophytes †Zosterophyllophyta—zosterophylls Lycopodiophyta—clubmosses †Trimerophytophyta—trimerophytes Pteridophyta—ferns and horsetails Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta—seed ferns Pinophyta—conifers Cycadophyta—cycads Ginkgophyta—ginkgo Gnetophyta—gnetae Magnoliophyta—flowering plants... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants or angiosperms are the most widespread group of land plants. ... Magnoliopsida is the botanical name for a class: this name is formed by replacing the termination -aceae in the name Magnoliaceae by the termination -opsida (Art 16 of the ICBN). ... Species Crossosoma californicum Crossosoma bigelovii Crossosoma is the single genus of the family Crossosomataceae. ... Genera See text Staphyleaceae is a small family of five genera of flowering plants in the order Crossosomatales, native to the Northern Hemisphere and also in South America. ... Species Aphloia theiformis (Vahl) Benn. ... The Geissolomataceae (Geissolomataceae Endl. ... Binomial name A.Cunn. ... The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group is an international group of systematic botanists who have come together to try to establish a consensus view of the taxonomy of flowering plants in the light of the rapid rise of molecular systematics. ... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants or angiosperms are the most widespread group of land plants. ... In the APG II system for the classification of the angiosperms the name rosids refers to a clade, meaning a monophyletic group of plants. ... In the APG-system, the names eudicots or tricolpates are applied to a monophyletic group that includes most of the (former) dicotyledons. ...

• Family Crossosomataceae
• Family Stachyuraceae
• Family Staphyleaceae

Under the Cronquist system these were placed in the Rosales, Violales, and Sapindales, respectively. Species Crossosoma californicum Crossosoma bigelovii Crossosoma is the single genus of the family Crossosomataceae. ... Genera See text Staphyleaceae is a small family of five genera of flowering plants in the order Crossosomatales, native to the Northern Hemisphere and also in South America. ... A system of plant taxonomy, the Cronquist system is a scheme for the classification of flowering plants (or angiosperms). ... Families Barbeyaceae Cannabaceae (hemp family) Dirachmaceae Elaeagnaceae Moraceae (mulberry family) Rosaceae (rose family) Rhamnaceae (buckthorn family) Ulmaceae (elm family) Urticaceae (nettle family) For the Philippine municipality, see Rosales, Pangasinan. ... Families see text Violales used to be an order of flowering plants in the Cronquist classification. ... Families See text Sapindales is a botanical name for an order of flowering plants. ...

In addition there are four genera, each placed within its own family, that are placed in this order by some researchers (see Matthews et al., below). These are Aphloia, Geissoloma, Ixerba, and Strasburgeria. Species Aphloia theiformis (Vahl) Benn. ... Binomial name A.Cunn. ...

• Family Aphloiaceae
• Family Geissolomataceae
• Family Ixerbaceae
• Family Strasburgeriaceae

Species Aphloia theiformis (Vahl) Benn. ... The Geissolomataceae (Geissolomataceae Endl. ... Binomial name A.Cunn. ...

References

• Angiosperm Phylogeny website]
• Matthews M.R, Endress P.K (2005). "Comparative floral structure and systematics in Crossosomatales (Crossosomataceae, Stachyuraceae, Staphyleaceae, Aphloiaceae, Geissolomataceae, Ixerbaceae, Strasburgeriaceae)". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 147 (1): 1-46.  (Abstract)