Pentaphylacaceae

The Pentaphylacaceae are a small family of plants within the order Ericales. In the APG III system of 2009, it includes the former family Ternstroemiaceae.[1]

Pentaphylacaceae
Ternstroemia gymnanthera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Pentaphylacaceae
Engl.[1]

Genera

In 2014, the Angiosperm Phylogeny Website included 14 genera in the family:[2] Plants of the World Online currently includes:

  1. Adinandra Jack
  2. Anneslea Wall.
  3. Archboldiodendron Kobuski
  4. Balthasaria Verdc.
  5. Cleyera Thunb.
  6. Eurya Thunb.
  7. Euryodendron Hung T.Chang
  8. Freziera Sw. ex Willd.
  9. Pentaphylax Gardner & Champ.
  10. Poeciloneuron Bedd.
  11. Symplococarpon Airy Shaw
  12. Ternstroemia Mutis ex L.f.
  13. Visnea L.f.

References
  1. Angiosperm Phylogeny Group III (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.
  2. Stevens, P.F. (2001–2012), Angiosperm Phylogeny Website, retrieved 2014-09-18


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