| Schoepfiaceae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Santalales |
| Family: | Schoepfiaceae[1] |
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Schoepfiacaceae is the botanical name for a family of flowering plants (Schoepfiaceae Blume, 1850). Such a family has been recognized by few taxonomists; the plants in question usually being assigned to family Olacaceae and Santalaceae.
The genus Schoepfia is according to molecular studies more closely related to the families Misodendraceae and Loranthaceae, and to uphold the criteria of monophyly it must be excluded from Olacaceae. Further investigations have also shown that the South American genera Arjona and Quinchamalium (previously in the family Santalaceae) are part of this family[2] and the APG III system, of 2009, does recognize this family with three above mentioned genera and 55 species.[1]