Query latest 5 documents?

Below is my code that I am trying to query 5 of the most recent documents in buddypress docs, I’ve had no luck using <?php query_posts(‘order=DESC&showposts=5’); ?>
where ‘order=desc’ changes nothing. Can anyone advise?

<?php //beginning ?>
<h1> Recently uploaded lesson plans</h1>
    <table class="doctable">
    <thead>
        <tr valign="bottom">
            <th scope="column" class="title-cell">Lesson Plan</th>
            <th scope="column" class="author-cell">Author</th>
            <th scope="column" class="grade-cell">Grade(s)</th>
            <th scope="column" class="subject-cell">Subject(s)</th>
        </tr>
        </thead>
        <tbody>

<?php //////////////// order not working, looking to show the most recent documents ////////?>
<?php query_posts('order=DESC&showposts=5'); ?>

    <?php while ( bp_docs_has_docs() ) : bp_docs_the_doc() ?>
            <tr<?php bp_docs_doc_row_classes(); ?>>

                <?php

                global $bp;

                $tax_name = $bp->bp_docs->docs_tag_tax_name;
                $tags = get_the_terms(get_the_ID(), $tax_name);
                $tag_names = array('posts_per_page'   => 6,);
                foreach ( $tags as $tag ) {
                    $tag_names[] = $tag->name;
                } 

                //Get options from database
                global $wpdb;
                $tablename = $wpdb->prefix . "tags";
                $sql = $wpdb->prepare( "SELECT * FROM $tablename WHERE ID = %d", 1);
                $results = $wpdb->get_row( $sql, ARRAY_A );

                $subject_string = $results["Subject"];
                $subjects = explode(",",$subject_string);

                $grade_string = $results["Grade"];
                $grades = explode(",",$grade_string);

                ?>

                <td class="title-cell">
                    <a href="<?php bp_docs_doc_link() ?>"><?php the_title() ?></a> <?php bp_docs_doc_trash_notice(); ?>

                    <?php if ( bp_docs_get_excerpt_length() ) :
                        if (strlen(get_the_excerpt()) > 200) {
                            echo '<p>' . get_excerpt() . ' [...]</p>';
                        } else {
                             echo '<p>' . get_excerpt() . '</p>';
                        }
                     endif ?>
                </td>

                <td class="author-cell">
                    <a href="<?php echo bp_core_get_user_domain( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) ) ?>" title="<?php echo bp_core_get_user_displayname( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) ) ?>"><?php echo bp_core_get_user_displayname( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) ) ?></a>
                </td>

                <!--<td class="date-cell created-date-cell">
                    <?php echo get_the_date() ?>
                </td>-->

                <td class="grade-cell">

                <?php foreach ($tag_names as $name) {
                    if (in_array($name, $grades)) {
                        echo $name.'<br>';
                    }
                } ?>

                </td>

                <td class="subject-cell">

                <?php foreach ( $tag_names as $name) {
                    if (in_array($name, $subjects)) {
                        echo $name.'<br>';
                    }
                } ?>

                </td>

                <!--<?php do_action( 'bp_docs_loop_additional_td' ) ?>-->
            </tr>
    <?php endwhile ?>
        </tbody>

    </table>
<?php
wp_reset_postdata();?>
<?php //end of lesson plans ?>

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