Theales

Theales is an order of plants that includes the tea bushes. It is now more commonly called the Ericales.

Placement

Kingdom Plantae

Subkingdom Tracheobionta

Division Magnoliophyta -- angiosperms, flowering plants

Class Magnoliopsida -- dicotyledons

Subclass Dilleniidae

Order Theales

Synonyms and common names

none noted

Reference

http://www.itis.usda.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=21354
as of 2002-06-05

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 - Delta http://biodiversity.uno.edu/delta/angio/www/medusagy.htm shows this as having a single genus and species from Seychelles. Included by cladists in Malpighiales.
• Ochnaceae - 3 genera
• Quiinaceae - empty in ITIS - Delta http://biodiversity.uno.edu/delta/angio/www/quiinace.htm shows this with 4 genera and 50 species. Included on Malpighiales by cladists.
• Rhopalocarpaceae - empty in ITIS - Delta http://biodiversity.uno.edu/delta/angio/www/sphaeros.htm where it is treated as synonymous with Sphaerosepalaceae. Included in Malvales by cladists.
• Sarcolaenaceae - empty in ITIS - Delta http://biodiversity.uno.edu/delta/angio/www/sarcolae.htm show this with 10 genera and 40 species. Cladists include this with the Malvales.
• Stachyuraceae - empty in ITIS - Delta http://biodiversity.uno.edu/delta/angio/www/stachyur.htm shows a single genus with 10 species. Included in Rosids by cladists.
• Theaceae (tea) - 8 genera