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Cabombaceae - fanwort s Nymphaeaceae - water lilies
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The Nymphaeales are an order of flowering plants, including two families of aquatic herbs:
Sometimes the Cabombaceae are included within the Nymphaeaceae. The older Cronquist system also included the following familes:
The Nymphaeales, taken in the narrower sense, appear to have diverged from the other flowers very early on, representing a basal clade offshoot to the flowering plants.