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| Campynemataceae | |
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| Campynema lineare Labill. | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Liliales |
| Family: | Campynemataceae Dumort. [1] |
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| Campynema lineare | |
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Campynemataceae (Campynemaceae) is a family of flowering plants. The family consists of two genera and four species [5] of perennial herbaceous plants endemic to New Caledonia and Tasmania.
Originally described by Dumortier in 1829, Campynemaceae consisted of a single genus, Campynema , described by Labillardière in Tasmania in 1804. In 1893 Baillon identified a closely related genus, Campynemanthe in New Caledonia. [6] Together the two genera make up the family Campynemataceae sensu Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG), within the Liliales order. [7]
While historically, the two genera have generally been treated together, their circumscription has varied considerably. The third edition (1903) of Engler's Syllabus only included Campynema, but positioned it as Campynematoideae, a subfamily of Amaryllidaceae. [4]
The synthesis of molecular data with cladistic analysis suggests that the Liliales form one of eleven orders of monocotyledons. [8] Sequencing of the rbcL and trnL-F plastid genes revealed four main Liliales lineages: [9]
This suggested that the Campynemataceae form one of seven families within the Liliales order.
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