Illiciales 247073 137175976 2007-06-10T03:52:43Z KP Botany 1616695 Details, might could stand a copy edit. Needs references added, too. '''Illiciales''' is the [[botanical name]] of an [[order (biology)|order]] of [[flowering plants]]. The order is not recognized by all plant taxonomists and is comprised differently in various systems of plant taxonomy, but is composed of 2-4 families of [[shrubs]], [[trees]], and [[lianas]] native to [[Australasia]], south eastern [[Asia]], and the southeastern [[United States]]. The families all contain species with [[essential oils]], and flowers with a [[perianth]] with bracts (when present), sepals, and petals incompletely distinguished from each other and not arranged in definite [[Flower|whorls]]. The order has been recognised by relatively few taxonomists, with the plant families of the order being variably placed in other orders ([[Magnoliales]], [[Austrobaileyales]]) in different taxonomies. The [[Cronquist system]], of 1981, does recognize Illiciales as an order consisting of the Illiciaceae and [[Schisandraceae]] and places it in subclass [[Magnoliidae]], in class [[Magnoliopsida]] (or [[dicotyledons]]) of division [[Magnoliophyta]] (or [[angiosperms]]). The [[Dahlgren system]] also recognises such an order and places it in superorder [[Magnolianae]], in subclass Magnoliideae (Dahlgren's dicotyledons), in class Magnoliopsida with the same circumscription of families as the Chronquist system. The [[Angiosperm Phylogeny Group]] (APG) does not recognize the order, initially leaving the family [[Illiciaceae]] unplaced as to order. In its second higher level taxonomy of angiosperms ([[APG II]]), the APG recognized ''[[Illicium]]'' and ''[[Schisandra]]'' as closely related taxa in the family Illiciaceae, and created the order Austrobaileyales with the Illiciaceae, [[Trimeniaceae]], and [[Austrobaileyaceae]]. [[Category:Plant taxonomy]] [[de:Sternanisartige]] [[fr:Illiciales]] [[ja:シキミ目]] [[lt:Žvaigždanyžiečiai]] [[zh:八角茴香目]]