What is Magnoliales?
{{Automatic taxobox | image =Magnolia_wieseneri.jpg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = a ''[[Magnolia (tree)|Magnolia]]'' flower, showing all the parts. | taxon = Magnoliales | authority = [[Antoine Laurent de Jussieu|Juss.]] ''ex'' [[Friedrich von Berchtold|Bercht.]] & [[Jan Svatopluk Presl|J.Presl]]<ref name=APGIII2009>{{Cite journal |last=Angiosperm Phylogeny Group |year=2009 |title=An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III |journal=Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=161 |issue=2 |pages=105–121 |doi=10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x |doi-access=free }}</ref> | subdivision_ranks = Families | subdivision = See text }} '''Magnoliales''' is an order of [[flowering plant]]s. They are very successful, despite being an early type of flowering plant. == Classification == The Magloliales includes six families: * [[Annonaceae]] (custard apple family, over 2000 species of [[tree]]s, [[shrub]]s, and [[liana]]s; mostly tropical but some temperate) * [[Degeneriaceae]] (two species of trees found on Pacific islands) * [[Eupomatiaceae]] (two species of trees and shrubs found in [[New Guinea]] and eastern [[Australia]]) * [[Himantandraceae]] (two species of trees and shrubs, found in tropical areas in [[Southeast Asia]] and [[Australia]]) * [[Magnoliaceae]] (about 225 species including [[magnolia]]s and [[Tulip|tulip trees]]) * [[Myristicaceae]] (several hundred species including [[Nutmeg]]) == References == {{reflist}} {{-}} {{Biology-stub}} [[Category:Magnoliales|*]]