Overview
Theophrastaceae is a small family of flowering plants. As currently circumscribed, the family consists of seven genera and 95 species of trees or shrubs, native to tropical regions of the Americas.
The APG II system places this family in the order Ericales, a basal group in the asterids. APG II also includes the additional genus Samolus, with about 15 additional species, and vastly increasing the area of distribution.1] The APG III system includes the family within an enlarged Primulaceae (sensu lato).[2]
al of the Linnean Society
141 (4): 399?436. doi:
10.1046/j.1095-8339.2003.t01-1-00158.x. ISSN
0024-4074.
^ Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161 (2): 105?121. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x. ISSN 00244074. b>Theophrastaceae is a small family of flowering plants. As currently circumscribed, the family consists of seven genera and 95 species of trees or shrubs, native to tropical regions of the Americas.
The APG II system places this family in the order Ericales, a basal group in the asterids. APG II also includes the additional genus Samolus, with about 15 additional species, and vastly increasing the area
of distribution.1] The APG III system includes the family within an enlarged Primulaceae (sensu lato).[2]
al of the Linnean Society
141 (4): 399?436. doi:
10.1046/j.1095-8339.2003.t01-1-00158.x. ISSN
0024-4074.
^ Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161 (2): 105?121. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x. ISSN 00244074. The APG II system places this family in the order Ericales, a basal group in the asterids. APG II also includes the additional genus Samolus, with about 15 additional species, and vastly increasing the area of distribution.1] The APG III system includes the family within an enlarged Primulaceae (sensu lato).[2]
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