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 This name is no longer in use and has been superseded by the name Ericales in the Update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (See: [1])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 show 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 show this with 4 genera and 50 species. Included on Malpighiales by cladists.
• Rhopalocarpaceae - empty in ITIS - in Watson and Dallwitz it is treated as synonymous with Sphaerosepalaceae. Included in Malvales by cladists.
• Sarcolaenaceae - empty in ITIS - Watson and Dallwitz show this with 10 genera and 40 species. Cladists include this with the Malvales.
• Stachyuraceae - empty in ITIS - Watson and Dallwitz show a single genus with 10 species. Included in Rosids by cladists.
• Theaceae (tea) - Watson and Dallwitz show 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
• L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The Families of Flowering Plants: Descriptions, Illustrations, Identification, Information Retrieval.