Degeneriaceae

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iDegeneriaceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked) magnoliids
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Degeneriaceae
I.W.Bailey & A.C.Sm. (1942)
Genera

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Degeneriaceae is the botanical name for a family of flowering plants. Such a family has been recognised by more than a few taxonomists, at least over the past few decades.

The APG II system, of 2003 (unchanged from the APG system, of 1998), also recognizes this family, and assigns it to the order Magnoliales in the clade magnoliids. The family consists of one genus only, Degeneria, of probably two species, trees, found on a few islands in the Pacific only.

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