Nyssaceae
Nyssaceae was a small family of flowering trees now included within the dogwood family (Cornaceae).[1] Nyssaceae commonly included the following genera:[2][3]
- Nyssa, the tupelos: about 7-10 species in eastern North America and East to Southeast Asia
- Camptotheca, the happy trees: two species in China
- Davidia, the dove tree, handkerchief tree, or ghost tree: one species in central China
- Diplopanax: two species in southern China and Vietnam
- Mastixia: about nineteen species in Southeast Asia
At least one other extinct genus Mastixicarpum, very similar to Diplopanax, is known from fossil evidence.
In some treatments, Davidia is split off into its own family, the Davidiaceae. Diplopanax and Mastixia are also sometimes separated into the family Mastixiaceae.[3] The APG III system includes the genera of Nyssaceae within Cornaceae.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Angiosperm Phylogeny Group III (2009). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161 (2): 105–121. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x.
- ↑ Averyanov, L. V. & Hiep, N. T. (2002). Diplopanax vietnamensis, a New Species of Nyssaceae from Vietnam – One More Living Representative of the Tertiary Flora of Eurasia. Novon 12: 433-436. Available online (pdf)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Fan, C. Z., and Xiang, Q. Y. (2003). Phylogenetic analyses of Cornales based on 26S rRNA and combined 26S rDNA-matK-rbcL sequence data. American Journal of Botany 90, 1357-1372.