Metteniusaceae

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Metteniusaceae
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Metteniusa tessmanniana
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Metteniusales
Takht. [1]
Family: Metteniusaceae
H.Karst. ex Schnizl. [1]
Genera

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Metteniusaceae are a family of flowering plants, the only family in the order Metteniusales. [1] It consists of about 10 genera and 50 species [2] of trees, shrubs, and lianas, primarily of the tropics. The family was formerly restricted to just Metteniusa , but it is now expanded with a number of genera that were formerly placed in the widely polyphyletic Icacinaceae.

Genera

As of June 2016, the Angiosperm Phylogeny Website accepts 11 genera: [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG IV". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 181 (1): 1–20. doi: 10.1111/boj.12385 .
  2. ↑ Christenhusz, M. J. M.; Byng, J. W. (2016). "The number of known plants species in the world and its annual increase". Phytotaxa. 261 (3): 201–217. Bibcode:2016Phytx.261..201C. doi: 10.11646/phytotaxa.261.3.1 .
  3. ↑ Stevens, P.F. (2001 onwards). "Metteniusaceae". Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Retrieved 2016-06-09.
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