About how many species are included in the order Myrtales?

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common myrtle — Myrtales Common myrtle (*Myrtus communis*).

The order Myrtales, which includes the myrtle family of flowering plants, consists of approximately 13,000 species.1

These species are organized into 9 families and 380 genera, with the vast majority of the diversity concentrated within the Myrtaceae and Melastomataceae families.1