Fuchsia hybrid 'Blue Eyes' in bloom (order Myrtales, family Onagraceae). The Myrtales are an order of flowering plants in the malvid clade of the rosid group of dicotyledons.

Myrtales, the myrtle order of flowering plants, composed of 9 families, 380 genera, and about 13,000 species distributed throughout the tropics and warmer regions of the world.

Myrtaceae (/ m ə r ˈ t eɪ s i ˌ aɪ,-s iː ˌ iː /), the myrtle family, is a family of dicotyledonous plants placed within the order Myrtales. Myrtle, pōhutukawa, bay rum tree, clove, guava, acca (feijoa), allspice, and eucalyptus are some notable members of this group.

Myrtus communis, the "common myrtle", is native across the Mediterranean region, Macaronesia, western Asia, and the Indian subcontinent.It is also cultivated. The plant is an evergreen shrub or small tree, growing to 5 metres (16 ft) tall.The leaf is entire, 3–5 cm long, with a fragrant essential oil.. The star-like flower has five petals and sepals, and numerous stamens.

Myrtales, the myrtle order, are trees, shrubs, herbs, and lianas primarily distributed in the tropics and warmer regions worldwide. Myrtales members have phloem tissue on each xylem side, 4 or 5 sepals, 4 or 5 petals, mostly bisexual flowers, and often non-endospermic seeds.

Myrtle, any of the evergreen shrubs in the genus Myrtus, belonging to the family Myrtaceae. Authorities differ widely over the number of species the genus includes. Most occur in South America; some are found in Australia and New Zealand. True myrtles have a …

Myrtaceae, the myrtle family of shrubs and trees, in the order Myrtales, containing about 150 genera and 3,300 species that are widely distributed in the tropics. They have rather leathery evergreen leaves with oil glands.

Myrtales may be recognised by their often flaky bark; opposite leaves often with colleters, at most small stipules/stipuliform structures and strong intramarginal veins; flowers with petals that are clawed or at least very narrow at the base, a more or less inferior ovary, and a usually nectariferous hypanthium.

Wettstein, Bessey, and Hutchinson adopted the name Myrtales. Bentham and Hooker placed the family Myrtaceae along with Lythraceae, Combretaceae and Onagraceae. Bessey supported the view that the order Myrtales is allied to Rosales in many respects and probably derived from it.

The meaning of MYRTALES is an order of dicotyledonous herbs, shrubs, or trees including among others the Myrtaceae, Melastomaceae, Lythraceae, Rhizophoraceae, and Onagraceae and having simple leaves, flowers with inferior compound ovary and numerous ovules, and capsular or baccate fruit.