What is Cornales?
{{Taxobox | name = Cornales | image = Davidia1.jpg | image_caption = [[Dove tree]] in flower <br/> a species in [[Nyssaceae]] | regnum = [[Plantae]] | unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]] | unranked_classis = [[Eudicots]] | unranked_ordo = [[Asterids]] | ordo = '''Cornales''' | ordo_authority = [[Barthélemy Charles Joseph du Mortier|Dumortier]] | subdivision_ranks = Families | subdivision = See text. }} '''Cornales''' is an order of [[flowering plant]]s, 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 [[tupelo]]s) * [[Curtisiaceae]] (cape lancewood) * [[Grubbiaceae]] (the [[sillyberry]] family) * [[Hydrangeaceae]] (the [[hydrangea]] family) * [[Hydrostachyaceae]] * [[Loasaceae]] (the [[stickleaf]] family) {{biology-stub}} [[category:Asterids]]