Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Qjurious
Type:
Info
Chapter:
3-644.30.00
Euphorbiales
Subphases
1. Rhizophoraceae.
2. Malpighiaceae, Elatinaceae.
3. Ochnaceae.
4. Phyllantaceae.
5. Acalyphoideae.
6. Crotonoideae.
7. Euphorboideae.
Taxonomy
In the Apg3 classification Euphorbiales is not recognised as an order, It is part of the Order Malpighiales. Malpighiales is a huge Order, containing about 16000 species, about 8% of the eudicots.
The research shows as main clades:
Violales, Euphorbiaceae, Clusiaceae, Ochnaceae, Chrysobalanaceae,Rhizophoraceae Malppighiaceae, Linaceae all the the broad sense defined.
Besides there are small unplaced Families Caryocaraceae, Centroplacaceae, Hugoniaceae, Humiriaceae, Irvingaceae, Ixonanthaceae, Lophophyxidaceae, Pandaceae, Putranjivaceae.
In older classifications Mapighiales did not exist. Only the Hutchinson classification has an Order Mapighiales, consisting of Malpighiaceae. Erythroxylaceae and Humiriaceae.
In the Plant theory Malpighiales is split in Violales and Euphorbiales and parts are tranfered to Celastrales. In the first version Euphorbiales was named Malpighiales and was differently organised