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Which plant orders may be close evolutionary relatives of Myrtales?

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

While molecular information has not yet definitively identified the closest evolutionary relatives of the order Myrtales within the Rosids, DNA sequence analyses suggest that it may be most closely related to the following plant orders within the Rosid II group:

Sapindales
Brassicales
Malvales

These findings are based on current phylogenetic studies, though the exact evolutionary placement remains a subject of ongoing botanical research.1