†order Fabales Bromhead 1838
Parent taxon: Fabid according to The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016
See also Hueber 1983, Jud 2011, Mabberley 2000 and Taylor et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Celastrales, Cucurbitales, Fagales, Malpighiales, Oxalidales, Rosales, Zygophyllales
Subtaxa: Fabaceae Polygalaceae Quillajaceae Surianaceae
Ecology: "photoautotroph"