Taxonavigation

Familia: Olacaceae
Genera: Dulacia – Olax – Ptychopetalum

Name

Olacaceae R.Br. Narr. Exped. Zaire, 452. (1818) nom. cons.

• Type genus: Olax L. Sp. Pl. 1: 34. (1753)
  

Note: This is a view of Olacaceae s.s. sensu Nickrent (2010 & 2019) and Stevens (2021), however, APG IV (2016) and Govaerts et al. (2020) prefer to maintain the family s.l. pending further research see Discussion Page.

References

• Brown, R. 1818. Narrative of an Expedition to Explore the River Zaire 452.
• 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 Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Olacaceae in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 May 13. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Olacaceae. Published online. Accessed: May 13 2020.
• Nickrent, D.L., Malécot, V., Vidal-Russell, R. & Der, J.P. 2010. A revised classification of Santalales. Taxon 59(2): 538–558. DOI: 10.1002/tax.592019 JSTOR PDF. Reference page. 
• Nickrent, D.L., Anderson, F. & Kuijt, J. 2019. Inflorescence evolution in Santalales: integrating morphological characters and molecular phylogenetics. American Journal of Botany 106(3): 402-414. DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.1250 PDF Reference page. 
• Stevens, P.F. 2001 onwards. Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 14, July 2017 [and more or less continuously updated since]. Online. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2014. Olacaceae. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 Jan. 2014.

Vernacular names

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