The Cornales are an order of flowering plants, basal among the asterids, containing about 600 species. Plants within the Cornales usually have four-parted flowers, drupaceous fruits, and inferior gynoecia topped with disc-shaped nectaries. Under the APG system, the Cornales order includes these families:

• Cornaceae (the dogwood family, including Nyssaceae, the tupelos)
• Curtisiaceae (cape lancewood)
• Grubbiaceae (the sillyberry family)
• Hydrangeaceae (the hydrangea family)
• Hydrostachyaceae
• Loasaceae (the stickleaf family)