Columelliaceae

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Columelliaceae
Desfontainia spinosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Bruniales
Family: Columelliaceae
D.Don[1]
Genera

Columellia
Desfontainia

Columelliaceae is a family of trees and shrubs native to the Andes of South America.[2]

In the APG II taxonomy they are placed in the order Lamiales,[1] but a 2008 study suggested that they are sister to the Bruniaceae,[3] and the Angiosperm Phylogeny Website proposes incorporating this finding by placing both families in order Bruniales.[2] The APG III system of 2009 thus does place Columelliaceae in the Bruniales.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2003). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG II". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 141: 399–436. doi:10.1046/j.1095-8339.2003.t01-1-00158.x. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/APweb/orders/asteralesweb.htm#Columelliaceae
  3. Winkworth, Richard C.; Lundberg, Johannes; Donoghue, Michael J. (2008). "Toward a resolution of Campanulid phylogeny, with special reference to the placement of Dipsacales". Taxon 57 (1): 53–65. 
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