Basellaceae

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iBasellaceae
from Blanco (c. 1880)
from Blanco (c. 1880)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked) core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Basellaceae
Raf. (1837)
Genera

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Basellaceae is the botanical name for a family of flowering plants. Such a family has been recognized by several taxonomists.

The APG II system, of 2003 (unchanged from the APG system, of 1998), also recognizes such a family and assigns it to the order Caryophyllales in the clade core eudicots. The family comprises some two dozen species of herbaceous plants (some twining) in four genera:

Members of economic importance include the ulluco and the Malabar spinach.


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