Sapindales

The Sapindales are an order of flowering plants, included among the rosid subgroup of dicotyledons. The following families are typical of newer classifications:

• Family Sapindaceae (soapberry family)
• Family Nitrariaceae
• Family Rutaceae (citrus family)
• Family Meliaceae (mahogany family)
• Family Simaroubaceae
• Family Anacardiaceae (cashew family)
• Family Burseriaceae (frankinscence family)
• Family Kirkiaceae

Under the older Cronquist system, some of the Sapindaceae were placed in separate families Aceraceae and Hippocastanaceae, and the following families were added to the order:

• Family Staphyleaceae
• Family Melianthaceae
• Family Bretschneideraceae
• Family Akaniaceae
• Family Julianiaceae
• Family Cneoraceae
• Family Zygophyllaceae

The Nitrariaceae were included within the Zygophyllaceae, and the Kirkiaceae within the Simaroubaceae.