Trochodendrales is a botanical name for an order of flowering plants. This order was recognised in the Cronquist system, as comprising the families Tetracentraceae and Trochodendraceae, each consisting of a single species. This order was placed in the subclass Hamamelidae in class Magnoliopsida [=dicotyledons.

The Dahlgren system made the same choice at the rank of family and order, but placed this order in superorder Rosanae in subclass Magnoliidae ^*.

In the APG II system these two species are united into one family under the latter name (with the split into two families being optional), and the family is placed among the basal eudicots.

The AP-Website suggests that it would be a good idea to give family Trochodendraceae its own order Trochodendrales, a suggestion which may be taken up in APG III.

plant taxonomy

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