Overview
Elaeaocarpaceae is a family of flowering plants. The family approximately contains 605 species of trees and shrubs in 12 genera.1] The largest genera are Elaeocarpus, with about 350 species, and Sloanea, with about 150.
The species of Elaeocarpaceae are mostly tropical and subtropical, with a few temperate-zone species. Most species are evergreen. They are found in Madagascar, Southeast Asia, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand, West Indies, and Chile.
The plants are hermaphrodite or dioecious and bear flowers clustered in inflorescences.
A phylogeny of the family, based on DNA sequences was published in 2006.[2]
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published in 2006.[2]Alkaloids Katavic 2005
References
- ^ Darren M. Crayn, Maurizio Rossetto, and David J. Maynard. 2006. "Molecular phylogeny and dating reveals an Oligo-Miocene radiation of dry-adapted shrubs (former Tremandraceae) from rainforest tree progenitors (Elaeocarpaceae) in Australia". American Journal of Botany 93(9):1328-1342.
Taxonomy
The Family Elaeocarpaceae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Subfamily (6): Cichorioideae · Nepetoideae · Rhododendroideae · Tabaninae · Theoideae · Violoideae
- Tribe (5): Elaeocarpeae · Mentheae · Rhododendreae · Sloaneae · Tremandreae
- Genus (41): Ablania · Aceratium · Acronodia · Acrozus · Adenobasium · Adenodus · Anoniodes · Antholoma · Aristotelia · Beaumaria · Beythea · Blondea · Cerea · Courimari · Craspedum · Crinodendron · Dasycarpus · Dasynema · Dicera · Dubouzetia · Ducosia · Echinocarpus · Elaeocarpus · Eriostemum · Forgetina · Friesia · Ganitrus · Lecostomon · Misipus · Monocera · Perinka · Peripentadenia · Phoenicospermum · Platytheca · Sericolea · Skidanthera · Sloanea · Tetratheca · Tremandra · Tricuspidaria · Vallea
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1,586 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in the Family Elaeocarpaceae.
Genera
Ablania
Aceratium
Acronodia
Acrozus
Adenobasium
Adenodus
Anoniodes
Antholoma
Aristotelia
Aristotelia is a genus of moth in the family . [more]
Beaumaria
Beythea
Blondea
Cerea
Courimari
Craspedum
Crinodendron
Crinodendron is a botanic with 8 species of flowering plants belonging to the family Elaeocarpaceae. [more]
Dasycarpus
Dasynema
Dicera
Dubouzetia
Ducosia
Echinocarpus
Elaeocarpus
Elaeocarpus is a genus of tropical and subtropical evergreen trees and shrubs. The approximately 350 species are distributed from Madagascar in the west through India, Southeast Asia, Malaysia, southern China, and Japan, through Australia to New Zealand, Fiji, and Hawaii in the east. The islands of Borneo and New Guinea have the greatest concentration of species. These trees are well-known for their attractive, pearl-like fruit which are often colorful. [more]
Eriostemum
Forgetina
Friesia
There are 2 genera named Friesia, of different authority: [more]
Ganitrus
Lecostomon
Misipus
Monocera
Perinka
Peripentadenia
Phoenicospermum
Platytheca
Sericolea
Skidanthera
Sloanea
Sloanea is a genus of plant in family Elaeocarpaceae. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete): [more]
Tetratheca
Tetratheca is a genus of around 50 to 60 species of shrubs endemic to Australia. It is classified in the botanical family Elaeocarpaceae, now known to encompass the family Tremandraceae, which the genus originally belonged to. It occurs throughout extratropical Australia, and has been recorded in every mainland state except the Northern Territory. [more]
Tremandra
Tricuspidaria
Vallea
Vallea is a of plant in family Elaeocarpaceae. [more]
At least 10 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Vallea.
More info about the Genus Vallea may be found here.
References
- ^ Darren M. Crayn, Maurizio Rossetto, and David J. Maynard. 2006. "Molecular phylogeny and dating reveals an Oligo-Miocene radiation of dry-adapted shrubs (former Tremandraceae) from rainforest tree progenitors (Elaeocarpaceae) in Australia". American Journal of Botany 93(9):1328-1342.
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