Achatocarpaceae

The Achatocarpaceae are a family of woody flowering plants consisting of two genera and 11 known species,[3] and has been recognized by most taxonomists. The family is found from the southwestern United States south to tropical and subtropical South America.

Achatocarpaceae
Achatocarpus spp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Achatocarpaceae
Heimerl[1][2]
Genera

The APG II system (2003; unchanged from the APG system of 1998) assigns it to the order Caryophyllales in the clade core eudicots. It forms a clade together with Amaranthaceae and Caryophyllaceae, two very large families.[4]

Genera

There are two genera, both of which are dioecious:[5]

References
  1. "Achatocarpaceae Heimerl, nom. cons". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2003-01-17. Archived from the original on 2009-05-06. Retrieved 2010-02-04.
  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.
  3. 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. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.261.3.1.
  4. Stevens, P. F. (June 2008). "Extant Seed Plants". Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Archived from the original on 6 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-04.
  5. Lee, J.; Kim, S.Y.; Park, S.H.; Ali, M.A. (2013). "Molecular phylogenetic relationships among members of the family Phytolaccaceae sensu lato inferred from internal transcribed spacer sequences of nuclear ribosomal DNA". Genetics and Molecular Research. 12 (4): 4515–4525. doi:10.4238/2013.February.28.15. PMID 23479160.
  6. "Genera of Achatocarpaceae". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 2004-11-18. Retrieved 2010-02-04.
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