Theales

Theales is an order of plants that includes the tea bushes. This name is no longer in use and has been superseded by the name Ericales in the Update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (See: [1])

Placement

Kingdom Plantae

Subkingdom Tracheobionta

Division Magnoliophyta -- angiosperms, flowering plants

Class Magnoliopsida -- dicotyledons

Subclass Dilleniidae

Order Theales

Children

Families

• Actinidiaceae - 1 genus
• Caryocaraceae - 1 genus
• Clusiaceae - 11 genera
• Dipterocarpaceae - 4 genera
• Elatinaceae (water worts) - 2 genera
• Marcgraviaceae - 1 genus
• Medusagynaceae - empty in ITIS - Watson and Dallwitz, The Families of Flowering Plants shows this as having a single genus and species from Seychelles. Included by cladists in Malpighiales.
• Ochnaceae - 3 genera
• Quiinaceae - empty in ITIS - Watson and Dallwitz, The Families of Flowering Plants shows this with 4 genera and 50 species. Included on Malpighiales by cladists.
• Rhopalocarpaceae - empty in ITIS - in Watson and Dallwitz, The Families of Flowering Plants it is treated as synonymous with Sphaerosepalaceae. Included in Malvales by cladists.
• Sarcolaenaceae - empty in ITIS - Watson and Dallwitz, The Families of Flowering Plants shows this with 10 genera and 40 species. Cladists include this with the Malvales.
• Stachyuraceae - empty in ITIS - Watson and Dallwitz, The Families of Flowering Plants shows a single genus with 10 species. Included in Rosids by cladists.
• Theaceae (tea) - Watson and Dallwitz, The Families of Flowering Plants shows this with 18 genera and 500 species.

References

• http://www.itis.usda.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=21354

as of 2002-06-05