Sphenostemon

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Sphenostemonaceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Family: Sphenostemonaceae
Genus: Sphenostemon

Sphenostemon is the only genus in the monotypic family of plants Sphenostemonaceae of small evergreen trees or shrubs endemic to New Guinea, Queensland, Australia and New Caledonia.[1] The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group II considers the family unplaced as to order within the euasterids II clade; however, some authorities place Sphenostemonaceae in the Dipsacales.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Stevens, P (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved on 2007-08-03.
  2. ^ The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2003). "[http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/links/doi/10.1046/j.1095-8339.2003.t01-1-00158.x/pdf An update of the Angiosperm classification for the orders flowering plants: APG II]". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 141: 399–436. Linnean Society of London. doi:10.1046/j.1095-8339.2003.t01-1-00158.x.