Overview
Taxonomy
The Suborder Monimiineae is a member of the Order Laurales. Here is the complete "parentage" of Monimiineae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae
Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
- Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae
Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
- Phylum: Tracheophyta
Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
- Subphylum: Euphyllophytina
- Infraphylum: Radiatopses
Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class: Magnoliopsida
Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
- Subclass: Magnoliidae
Novák ex Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder: Lauranae
(Perleb, 1826) Takhtajan, 1997
- Order: Laurales
Perleb, 1826
- Suborder: Monimiineae
- Order: Laurales
Perleb, 1826
- Superorder: Lauranae
(Perleb, 1826) Takhtajan, 1997
- Subclass: Magnoliidae
Novák ex Takhtajan, 1967
- Class: Magnoliopsida
Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
- Infraphylum: Radiatopses
Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Subphylum: Euphyllophytina
- Phylum: Tracheophyta
Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
- Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae
Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
- Kingdom: Plantae
Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
The Suborder Monimiineae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Family (4): Amborellaceae · Gomortegaceae · Monimiaceae · Trimeniaceae
Families
Amborellaceae
Gomortegaceae
Gomortega keule (syn. G. nitida; Spanish names Keule, Queule and Hualhual) is a tree native to Chile. It is the sole species of the genus Gomortega and, according to the APG II system of 2003 (unchanged from the APG system of 1998), of the monotypic family Gomortegaceae, assigned to the order Laurales in the clade magnoliids. [more]
Monimiaceae
Monimiaceae is a family of flowering plants, which includes 150-220 species of shrubs and small trees in 18-25 genera. They are native to the southern hemisphere tropics and subtropics. The largest genus is Tambourissa, with 50 species in Madagascar, the Mascarene Islands, and the Comoros. The type genus, , is endemic to the Macarenes. [more]
Trimeniaceae
At least 19 species and subspecies belong to the Family Trimeniaceae.
More info about the Family Trimeniaceae may be found here.
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