Order Proteales Jussieu 1829
Parent taxon: Eudicots according to V. S. Perez Loinaze et al. 2023
See also Knowlton 1919, Mabberley 2000, Taylor et al. 2008, The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2009, The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016, Vallati et al. 2020 and Vera et al. 2022
Sister taxa: Buxales, Coreeudicots, Cretaceoxylon, Ericales, Gunnerales, Javelinoxylon, Noferinia, Ranunculales, Republica, Solanales, Tolmania, Trochodendrales, Violales, Wodehouseia
Subtaxa: Beauprea Darlingia Nelumbonaceae Nelumbonales Peninsulapollis Platanaceae Proteaceae Retidiporites Sabiaceae Stenocarpus Triatriopollenites
Ecology: "photoautotroph"