Malpighiales

Malpighiales Temporal range: Late Cretaceous – recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Flower of Calophyllum inophyllum (Calophyllaceae)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Clade:	Fabids
Order:	Malpighiales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl[1]
Type genus
Malpighia L.
Families
Achariaceae Balanopaceae Bonnetiaceae Calophyllaceae Caryocaraceae Centroplacaceae Chrysobalanaceae Clusiaceae Ctenolophonaceae Dichapetalaceae Elatinaceae Erythroxylaceae Euphorbiaceae Euphroniaceae Goupiaceae Humiriaceae Hypericaceae Irvingiaceae Ixonanthaceae Lacistemataceae Linaceae Lophopyxidaceae Malpighiaceae Ochnaceae Pandaceae Passifloraceae Peraceae Phyllanthaceae Picrodendraceae Podostemaceae Putranjivaceae Rafflesiaceae Rhizophoraceae Salicaceae Trigoniaceae Violaceae
Synonyms
Rhizophorales

The Malpighiales comprise one of the largest orders of flowering plants. The order is very diverse, with well-known members including willows, violets, aspens and poplars, poinsettia, corpse flower, coca plant, cassava, flaxseed, castor bean, Saint John's wort, passionfruit, mangosteen, and manchineel tree.

The order is not part of any of the classification systems based only on plant morphology and the relationships of its diverse members can be hard to recognize except with molecular phylogenetic evidence. Molecular clock calculations estimate the origin of stem group Malpighiales at around 100 million years ago (Mya) and the origin of crown group Malpighiales at about 90 Mya.^[2]

The Malpighiales contain about 36 families and more than 16,000 species, about 7.8% of the eudicots.^[3][4]