Penaeaceae

Penaeaceae
Saltera sarcocolla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Penaeaceae
Sweet ex Guill.[1]
Genera
  • Brachysiphon
  • Endonema
  • Glischrocolla
  • Olinia
  • Penaea
  • Rhynchocalyx
  • Saltera
  • Sonderothamnus
  • Stylapterus

Penaeaceae is a family of evergreen, leathery-leaved shrubs and small trees, native to South Africa.[2] The family has 29 species in nine genera.[3] Penaeaceae was expanded under the APG III system of classification with the inclusion of the genera Olinia (formerly in the monogeneric Oliniaceae) and the single species from the genus Rhynchocalyx (formerly in the monogeneric Rhynchocalycaceae).[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (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, retrieved 2010-12-10
  2. ↑ Andrew Millington; Mark Blumler; Udo Schickhoff (2011-09-22). The SAGE Handbook of Biogeography. SAGE Publications. pp. 143–. ISBN 978-1-4462-5445-5. Retrieved 2013-08-07. The Cape Floristic Region in South Africa is comparatively rich in endemic flowering-plant families. Five families of angiosperms (Penaeaceae, Roridulaceae, Geissolomataceae, Grubbiaceae, and Lanariaceae) are endemic to that region ...
  3. ↑ Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Penaeaceae.. Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 12, July 2012 [and more or less continuously updated since]. Accessed online: 5 June 2013.