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Callitrichales

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Callitriche hermaphroditica, a member of the Callitrichaceae

Callitrichales is a proposed order of flowering plants.[1] As circumscribed by American botanist Arthur Cronquist in the Cronquist system (1981), the order included three families:

  • Hippuridaceae
  • Callitrichaceae
  • Hydrostachyaceae

A feature is the single stamen in the flower.

The order is not recognized by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group; the family Hydrostachyaceae is placed in the order Cornales and the plants making up the other two families are included in the family Plantaginaceae.

References

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  1. ^ Jeffrey, C. (1984). "Review of An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants". Kew Bulletin. 38 (4): 675–677. doi:10.2307/4108577. ISSN 0075-5974. JSTOR 4108577.