Bruniaceae

Bruniaceae
Berzelia lanuginosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
(unranked): Euasterids II
Order: Bruniales
Family: Bruniaceae
R.Br. ex DC.[1]
Genera

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Bruniaceae is a family of shrubs native to the cape region of South Africa. They are mostly restricted to the Cape Province, but a small number of species occur in KwaZulu-Natal.[2]

In the APG II taxonomy they are placed in the order Lamiales,[3] but a 2008 study suggested that they are sister to the Columelliaceae,[4] and the Angiosperm Phylogeny Website proposes incorporating this finding by placing both families in order Bruniales.[2]

Genera

There are twelve genera, totalling 75 species:

References

  1. Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III" (PDF). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161 (2): 105–121. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x. Retrieved 2013-07-06.
  2. 2.0 2.1 http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/APweb/orders/asteralesweb.htm#Bruniaceae
  3. 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 (4): 399–436. doi:10.1046/j.1095-8339.2003.t01-1-00158.x.
  4. 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.