Laurales

The Laurales are an order of flowering plants. They are a basal group of dicots, closely related to the Magnoliales. The following families are included in newer systems:

• Family Lauraceae (laurel family)
• Family Hernandiaceae
• Family Monimiaceae
• Family Siparunaceae
• Family Atherospermataceae
• Family Gomortegaceae
• Family Calycanthraceae

Under the older Cronquist system, the Laurales included a slightly different set of families:

• Family Amborellaceae
• Family Trimeniaceae
• Family Monimiaceae
• Family Gomortegaceae
• Family Calycanthaceae
• Family Idiospermaceae
• Family Lauraceae
• Family Hernandiaceae