Lecythidales Explained

Lecythidales is a botanical name at the rank of order.^[1] The name was used by the Cronquist system for an order placed in subclass Dilleniidae.^[2] This order included only the family Lecythidaceae, which family now (in the APG II system) is placed in the order Ericales.

Notes and References

1. Book: Ditsch, Friedrich . Mikromorphologie der Epicuticularwachse und die Systematik der Dilleniales, Lecythidales, Malvales und Theales . 1994 . Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur . Wilhelm Barthlott . 3-515-06524-5 . Mainz . de . 30607687.
2. Book: Cronquist . Arthur . An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants . Takhtadzhi︠a︡n . Armen Leonovich . 1981 . Columbia University Press . 978-0-231-03880-5 . 366 . en.