The Malvales are an order of flowering plants. Newer systems place them among the rosid group of dicotyledons, and include the following families:
- Family Malvaceae (mallow family)
- Family Dipterocarpaceae
- Family Sarcolaenaceae
- Family Cistaceae
- Family Muntingiaceae
- Family Bixaceae
- Family Diegodendraceae
- Family Cochlospermaceae
- Family Sphaerosepalaceae
- Family Thymelaeaceae
- Family Neuradaceae