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Ranunculales

Ranunculales
Scientific Classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Ranunculales

The Ranunculales are an order of flowering plants, which belong among the basal eudicotss. Newer systems include the following families:

• Family Ranunculaceae (buttercup family)
• Family Berberidaceae (barberry family)
• Family Menispermaceae (monseed family)
• Family Lardizabalaceae
• Family Circaeasteraceae
• Family Eupteleaceae
• Family Papaveraceae (poppy family)
• Family Fumariaceae
• Family Pteridophyllaceae

A few other families may be separated out from the Ranunculaceae. In the older Cronquist system, the Eupteleaceae were excluded, and the Papaveraceae and Fumariaceae (including the Pteridophyllaceae) were treated as a separate order Papaverales.

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