Cornales

Cornales
Dove tree in flower a species in Nyssaceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Cornales Dumortier
Families
See text.

Cornales is an order of flowering plants, basal among the asterids, containing about 600 species. Plants within Cornales usually have four-parted flowers, drupaceous fruits, and inferior gynoecia topped with disc-shaped nectaries. Under the APG system, Cornales includes the following families:

• Cornaceae (the dogwood family, including Nyssaceae, the tupelos)
• Curtisiaceae (cape lancewood)
• Grubbiaceae (the sillyberry family)
• Hydrangeaceae (the hydrangea family)
• Hydrostachyaceae
• Loasaceae (the stickleaf family)