Order Cornales Link 1829
Parent taxon: Asterids according to The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016
See also Jud 2011, McIver and Basinger 1993 and Taylor et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Euasterids, Metteniusales, Vahliales
Subtaxa: Alangiaceae Cornaceae Curtisiaceae Grubbiaceae Hydrangeaceae Hydrostachyaceae Loasaceae Nyssaceae
Ecology: "photoautotroph"