Trochodendrales

Trochodendrales, a small order of dicotyledonous flowering plants comprising just one family (Trochodendraceae) with two genera of evergreen trees (Trochodendron and Tetracentron), each with a single tree species. Along with Buxales, Proteales, Ranunculales, and the family Sabiaceae, Trochodendrales is part of a group known as the peripheral eudicots. These are plants with the basic eudicot characters of triaperturate pollen and a lack of the ethereal oils that are found in many basal angiosperms such as...