Elaeocarpaceae

Elaeocarpaceae
Temporal range: Santonian–Recent[1]
Crinodendron hookerianum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Oxalidales
Family: Elaeocarpaceae
Juss. ex DC.[2]
Genera

Aceratium
Aristotelia
Crinodendron
Dubouzetia
Elaeocarpus
Peripentadenia
Platytheca
Sericolea
Sloanea
Tetratheca
Tremandra
Vallea

Elaeaocarpaceae is a family of flowering plants. The family approximately contains 605 species of trees and shrubs in 12 genera.[3] The largest genera are Elaeocarpus, with about 350 species, and Sloanea, with about 150.

The species of Elaeocarpaceae are mostly tropical and subtropical, with a few temperate-zone species. Most species are evergreen. They are found in Madagascar, Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, West Indies, and South America.

The plants are hermaphrodite or dioecious and bear flowers clustered in inflorescences.

A phylogeny of the family, based on DNA sequences was published in 2006.[4]

Alkaloids Katavic 2005

References

  1. ↑ Stevens, Peter F.. "Elaeocarpaceae". APWeb. Retrieved 2013-12-04.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ "Elaeocarpaceae" In: Klaus Kubitzki (ed.). The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants vol. VI. Springer-Verlag: Berlin;Heidelberg, Germany. (2004). ISBN 978-3-540-06512-8
  4. ↑ Darren M. Crayn, Maurizio Rossetto, and David J. Maynard. 2006. "Molecular phylogeny and dating reveals an Oligo-Miocene radiation of dry-adapted shrubs (former Tremandraceae) from rainforest tree progenitors (Elaeocarpaceae) in Australia". American Journal of Botany 93(9):1328-1342.