How many plant families belong to the order Myrtales?

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

The order Myrtales, which comprises the myrtle order of flowering plants, consists of 9 families.1

These families include approximately 380 genera and about 13,000 species, with the vast majority of these species belonging to the Myrtaceae and Melastomataceae families.1