Myricales, order Myricales

coextensive with the family Myricaceae

• plant order — the order of plants

• Myricaceae, family Myricaceae, wax-myrtle family — constituting the order Myricales
• Leitneriaceae, family Leitneriaceae, corkwood family — coextensive with the genus Leitneria; commonly isolated in a distinct order

• Dicotyledones, class Dicotyledones, Dicotyledonae, class Dicotyledonae, Magnoliopsida, class Magnoliopsida — comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with paired cotyledons and net-veined leaves; divided into six (not always well distinguished) subclasses (or superorders): Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae (considered primitive); Caryophyllidae (an early and distinctive offshoot); and three more or less advanced groups: Dilleniidae; Rosidae; Asteridae