order Myricales

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order Myricales - coextensive with the family Myricaceae Myricales plant order - the order of plants class Dicotyledonae, class Dicotyledones, class Magnoliopsida, Dicotyledonae, Dicotyledones, Magnoliopsida - comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with paired cotyledons and net-veined leaves; divided into six (not always well distinguished) subclasses (or superorders): Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae (considered primitive); Caryophyllidae (an early and distinctive offshoot); and three more or less advanced groups: Dilleniidae; Rosidae; Asteridae family Myricaceae, Myricaceae, wax-myrtle family - constituting the order Myricales corkwood family, family Leitneriaceae, Leitneriaceae - coextensive with the genus Leitneria; commonly isolated in a distinct order