Gentianales

Gentianales
Gentiana cruciata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Gentianales Lindley
Families
Gentianaceae (gentian family) Apocynaceae (dogbane family) Gelsemiaceae Loganiaceae (logania family) Rubiaceae (coffee family)

Gentianales are an order of flowering plants. Under the APG definition some well-known members of Gentianales are coffee, gardenias, and frangipani.

References

• Struwe, L., V. A. Albert, and B. Bremer. 1994. Cladistics and family level classification of the Gentianales. Cladistics 10: 175–205.
• Backlund, Maria, Bengt Oxelman, and Birgitta Bremer. 2000. Phylogenetic relationships within the Gentianales based on NDHF and RBCL sequences, with particular reference to the Loganiaceae Archived 2009-01-15 at the Wayback Machine American Journal of Botany 87:1029-1043.

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