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Cornales
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Cornales is an order of flowering plants that diverges early among the asterid eudicots, comprising seven families including Cornaceae, the dogwoods, Hydrangeaceae, the hydrangeas, and Nyssaceae, the tupelos, with about 600 species in total. Its members typically bear four-parted flowers, stone-like fruits, and distinctive disc-shaped nectaries.
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