Pentaphylacaceae
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Pentaphylacaceae Engl. is a family of flowering plants, with one or two species which are shrubs and small trees with evergreen leaves that are alternately arranged on the stems and exstipulate. The Seeds are winged. The flower pistil is 5 celled and the anthers dehiscing via pores and basifixed. Flowers have five petals and five sepals that are distinct from each other and five stamens attached oppositely to the sepals.
Native from Tropical areas of South China to Malay Peninsula and Sumatra. Taxonomy. Subclass Dicotyledonae; Crassinucelli (?). Dahlgren's Superorder Theiflorae (?); Theales (?). Cronquist’s Subclass Dilleniidae; Theales. APG (1998) family of uncertain position at the highest group level. Only one genus in the family: Pentaphylax.
