Cornales

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)

category:Asterids