Basal Eudicots

1 . Ceratophyllales

Aquatic; herbaceous; monoecious leaves whorled, no pellucid dots; vessels lacking flowers T0 or 9–10*, A1, G1, 1 apical ovule/carpel pollen inaperturate, pollen tube branched, hydrophilous

 2. Ranunculales

lvs often divided flw parts whorled, P single or multiple whorls G apocarpous/paracarpous, superior berberines

 3. Proteales

mostly woody flw T often 4-merous A epitepalous, connectives sometimes with apical appendage 

 4. Trochodendrales

5 . Buxales

mostly woody; lvs evergreen, stomata cyclocytic mostly monoecious, flw unisexual, T ± uniform or missing pregnane pseudoalkaloids

6 . Gunnerales

lvs toothed, sec. veins palmate dioecious, flw unisexual, T small to lacking ellagic acid  

 7.  Dilleniales

Mostly woody; leaves if veins strong, proceed to apex of teeth flower mostly K5, persisting, mostly A∞, G mostly slightly connate