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Oxalidales

(Order)

Overview

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The Oxalidales are an order of flowering plants, included within the rosid subgroup of eudicots. The following families are typically placed here:1]

The Cephalotaceae family contains a single species, a pitcher plant found in Southwest Australia.

Under the Cronquist system, most of the above families were placed in the Rosales. The Oxalidaceae were placed in the Geraniales, and the Elaeocarpaceae split between the Malvales and Polygalales, in the latter case being treated as the Tremandraceae.

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  • Family Cunoniaceae
  • Family Elaeocarpaceae
  • Family Huaceae
  • Family Oxalidaceae (wood sorrel family)

    • The Cephalotaceae family contains a single species, a pitcher plant found in Southwest Australia.

    Under the Cronquist system, most of the above families were placed in the Rosales. The Oxalidaceae were placed in the Geraniales, and the Elaeocarpaceae split between the Malvales and Polygalales, in the latter case being treated as the Tremandraceae.

    References

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    1. ^ Stephens, P.F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 9, June 2008. http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/APweb/

    External links

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    Media related to Oxalidales at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Oxalidales at Wikispecies

    Taxonomy

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    The Order Oxalidales is further organized into finer groupings including:

    Families

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    Brunelliaceae

    Brunellia is a genus of trees in the family Brunelliaceae. It consists of 62 species which grow in the mountainous regions from southern Mexico to Bolivia. There are 10 species in Ecuador, all but one of which occur in the Andean woodlands. [more]

    Cephalotaceae

    Cephalotus ( or /?k?f?'lo?t?s/; Greek: ?efa?? "head", and ???/?t?? "ear", to describe the head of the anthers) is a genus which contains one species, Cephalotus follicularis, a small carnivorous pitcher plant. The pit-fall traps of the modified leaves have inspired the common names for this plant, which include Albany Pitcher Plant, Western Australian Pitcher Plant, fly-catcher plant or mocassin plant. [more]

    Connaraceae

    The Connaraceae is a family of 16 genera and about 350 species. [more]

    Cunoniaceae

    The Cunoniaceae is a family of 26 genera and about 350 species of woody plants in the Antarctic flora, with many laurifolia species with glossy leaves endemic to laurel forest habitat. The family is native to Australia, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Zealand, southern South America, the Mascarene Islands and southern Africa. Several of the genera have remarkable disjunct ranges, found on more than one continent, e.g. Cunonia in South Africa and New Caledonia, and Caldcluvia and Eucryphia in both Australia and South America. Caldcluvia also extends north of the Equator to the Philippines, and Geissois to Fiji in the Pacific Ocean. [more]

    Elaeocarpaceae

    Elaeaocarpaceae is a family of flowering plants. The family approximately contains 605 species of trees and shrubs in 12 genera. The largest genera are Elaeocarpus, with about 350 species, and Sloanea, with about 150. [more]

    Oxalidaceae

    The Oxalidaceae, or wood sorrel family, are a small family of eight genera of herbaceous plants, shrubs and small trees, with the great majority of the 900 species in the genus Oxalis (wood sorrels). Members of this family typically have divided leaves, the leaflets showing "sleep movements", spreading open in light and closing in darkness. [more]

    At least 2,260 species and subspecies belong to the Family Oxalidaceae.

    More info about the Family Oxalidaceae may be found here.

    References

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    1. ^ Stephens, P.F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 9, June 2008. http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/APweb/

    Sources

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    Last Revised: August 24, 2012
    2012/08/24 13:13:24