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[[File:Tea_flower.JPG | thumb | right]]'''Theales''' is a [[botanical name]] at the rank of [[order (biology)|order]].  Early classifications such as that of [[Rolf Dahlgren|Dahlgren]] placed the Theales in the [[superorder]] Theiflorae (also called Theanae). The name was used by the [[Cronquist system]] for an order placed in subclass [[Dilleniidae]], in the 1981 version of the system the circumscription was:

* order Theales
*: family [[Ochnaceae]]
*: family [[Sphaerosepalaceae]]
*: family [[Dipterocarpaceae]]
*: family [[Caryocaraceae]]
*: family [[Theaceae]]
*: family [[Actinidiaceae]]
*: family [[Scytopetalaceae]]
*: family [[Pentaphylacaceae]]
*: family [[Tetrameristaceae]]
*: family [[Pellicieraceae]]
*: family [[Oncothecaceae]]
*: family [[Marcgraviaceae]]
*: family [[Quiinaceae]]
*: family [[Elatinaceae]]
*: family [[Paracryphiaceae]]
*: family [[Medusagynaceae]]
*: family [[Clusiaceae]]

In the [[APG II system]] (used here) the taxa involved are assigned to many different orders, among which are [[Ericales]], [[Malvales]], and [[Malpighiales]].

== External links ==
* [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/ L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval.] http://delta-intkey.com

[[Category:Historically recognized angiosperm orders]]