Vivianiaceae

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Wendtia gracilis seeds

Vivianiaceae was a family of flowering plants placed in the order Geraniales. The family name is derived from the genus Viviania Cav. It includes both the genus Viviania and Balbisia . The family is now wholly incorporated into the family Francoaceae . [1]

There are around 1-4 genera in Vivianiaceae ( Araeoandra , Caesarea , Cissarobryon , Viviania ; with all of four genera can be merged into one genus), and under the APG III system the genera from Ledocarpaceae - Balbisia (incl. Ledocarpon ), Rhynchotheca , and Wendtia - are now included within the Vivianiaceae. [2]

A relationship with Caryophyllales, was formerly suggested; but morphology (S-plastids) and chemistry are close to Geraniales. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Francoaceae A.Juss. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science".
  2. ↑ 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 , hdl: 10654/18083
  3. ↑ Bortenschlager, S. 1967. Vorläufige Mitteilungen zur Pollenmorphologie in der Familie der Geraniaceen und ihre Systematische Bedeutung. Grana Palynol. 7(2-3): 400-468.


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