Theales is a botanical name at the rank of order. The name was used by the Cronquist system for an order placed in subclass Dilleniidae, in the 1981 version of the system the circumscription was:

• order Theales

  family Ochnaceae

  family Sphaerosepalaceae

  family Dipterocarpaceae

  family Caryocaraceae

  family Theaceae

  family Actinidiaceae

  family Scytopetalaceae

  family Pentaphylacaceae

  family Tetrameristaceae

  family Pellicieraceae

  family Oncothecaceae

  family Marcgraviaceae

  family Quiinaceae

  family Elatinaceae

  family Paracryphiaceae

  family Medusagynaceae

  family Clusiaceae

Theales is a botanical name at the rank of order. The name was used by the Cronquist system for an order placed in subclass Dilleniidae, in the 1981 version of the system the circumscription was:

• order Theales

  family Ochnaceae

  family Sphaerosepalaceae

  family Dipterocarpaceae

  family Caryocaraceae

  family Theaceae

  family Actinidiaceae

  family Scytopetalaceae

  family Pentaphylacaceae

  family Tetrameristaceae

  family Pellicieraceae

  family Oncothecaceae

  family Marcgraviaceae

  family Quiinaceae

  family Elatinaceae

  family Paracryphiaceae

  family Medusagynaceae

  family Clusiaceae