Triuridaceae

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Triuridaceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Pandanales
Family: Triuridaceae
Gardner
Genera

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Triuridaceae is a family of flowering plants. Such a family has been recognized by relatively few taxonomists.

The APG II system, of 2003, does recognize such a family and places it in the order Pandanales, in the clade monocots. This is a change from the APG system, of 1998, which left the family unplaced as to order, but did place it in the clade monocots.

Most sources assume the family to consist of some half dozen genera, with Sciaphila as the biggest genus. However, H. Maas-van de Kamer and T. Weustenfeld (1998) regarded the family to consist of the following nine genera :

  • Andruris Schltr.
  • Hyalisma Champ.
  • Lacandonia E.Martínez & Ramos
  • Peltophyllum Gardner (syn. Hexuris Miers)
  • Sciaphila Blume (syn. Hyalisma Champion)
  • Seychellaria Hemsl.
  • Soridium Miers
  • Triuridopsis H.Maas & Maas
  • Triuris Miers (syn. Lacandonia E.Martínez & Ramos)

The genus Kupea was described (and placed in Triuridaceae) in 2003.

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  • Maas-van de Kamer, H. & T. Weustenfeld (1998) in Kubitzki, K. (Editor): The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, Vol. 3. Springer-Verlag. Berlin, Germany. ISBN 3-540-64060-6

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