Crossosomatales

Crossosomatales, rockflower order of dicotyledonous flowering plants, belonging to the basal rosid group of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group II (APG II) botanical classification system (see angiosperm). The order is a heterogeneous assemblage of eight families, which can be broken down into two groups. The first group consists of the families Crossosomataceae, Stachyuraceae, Staphyleaceae, and Guamatelaceae, and the second includes Aphloiaceae, Geissolomataceae, Ixerbaceae, and Strasburgeriaceae. Most members of the order are woody shrubs or trees of...