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Laurales

The Laurales are an order of flowering plants. They are a basal group of dicots, closely related to the Magnoliales. The following families are included in newer systems:

• Family Lauraceae (laurel[?] family)
• Family Hernandiaceae[?]
• Family Monimiaceae[?]
• Family Siparunaceae[?]
• Family Atherospermataceae[?]
• Family Gomortegaceae[?]
• Family Calycanthraceae[?]

Under the older Cronquist system, the Laurales included a slightly different set of families:

• Family Amborellaceae[?]
• Family Trimeniaceae[?]
• Family Monimiaceae[?]
• Family Gomortegaceae[?]
• Family Calycanthaceae[?]
• Family Idiospermaceae[?]
• Family Lauraceae
• Family Hernandiaceae[?]

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