Saxifragales
Taxonomy, Characteristics, & Families
Saxifragales, the saxifrage order of dicotyledonous flowering plants, consisting of 15 families, 112 genera, and nearly 2,500 species. It belongs to the core eudicots, and, although its phylogenetic position is not well resolved, it is probably sister to the Rosid group in the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group III botanical classification system (see angiosperm).
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