Berberidopsidales

Berberidopsidales, small order of woody evergreen dicotyledonous plants, made up of two families (Berberidopsidaceae and Aextoxicaceae) containing a total of four species, found only in Chile and Australia. It is one of the basal orders among the core eudicots (a major clade, or plants with a common genetic lineage). The existence of Berberidopsidales became apparent only with the use of molecular data. Both seed-coat and wood anatomy had earlier suggested that the three species of...