大戟目是 1981年的克朗奎斯特分类法列出的一个目,包括4科,1998年根据基因亲缘关系分类的APG 分类法认为应该取消这个目,其属下的个科被分散分别放到其他目之下, 2003年经过修订的APG II 分类法维持原分类。
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Euphorbiales 大戟目
Euphorbiales is the botanical name of an order of flowering plants that is not currently recognized in the most authoritative modern treatment of plant taxonomy. In the APG II system (2003) the plants involved are placed in order Malpighiales.
A well known system that did recognize the order was the Cronquist system (1981) which placed the order in subclass Rosidae and used this circumscription: