冬青目是双子叶植物纲的一类植物，在原来的克朗奎斯特分类法中是被分入卫矛目的。在新的APG 分类法中被单独分为一目，包括三个科：

• 冬青科
• 青荚叶科
• 叶茶藨科

The Aquifoliales are an order of flowering plants, including the Aquifoliaceae (or holly) family, and also the Helwingiaceae (2-5 species of temperate Asian shrubs) and the Phyllonomaceae (4 species of Central American trees and shrubs). In 2001, the families Stemonuraceae and Cardiopteridaceae were added to this order. This circumscription of Aquifoliales was recognized by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group when they published the APG II system in 2003. In the Cronquist system, there is no Aquifoliales order: the Aquifoliaceae are placed within the order Celastrales and the others are in other families.