Austrobaileyales

Austrobaileyales is the botanical name for an order of flowering plants. There are about 100 species of woody plants, perhaps the most famous of which is the spice star anise, from Illicium verum.

Austrobaileyales
Schisandra rubriflora.jpg
Schisandra rubriflora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
(unranked):
Order:
Austrobaileyales
Families

Austrobaileyaceae
Schisandraceae (including Illiciaceae)
Trimeniaceae

The APG system, of 1998, did not recognize such an order. However, the APG II system, of 2003, did accept this order and placed it among the basal angiosperms.[1]

References

  1. Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2009. An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161 (2): 105–121. [1]