Molluginaceae
| Molluginaceae | |
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| from Thomé (1885) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Molluginaceae Bartl.[1] |
| genera | |
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Molluginaceae are a family of flowering plants recognized by several taxonomists. It was previously included in the larger family Aizoaceae. The APG III system of 2009 made no change in the status of the family as compared to the APG II system of 2003 and the APG system of 1998, apart from a reassignment of several genera, such as the placement of Corrigiola and Telephium into Caryophyllaceae, Corbichonia in Lophiocarpaceae, Microtea into Microteaceae and Limeum in Limeaceae, because the family was found to be widely polyphyletic in Caryophyllales. In addition Macarthuria was found not to be related to Limeum as previously thought and thus it was placed in Macarthuriaceae, and similarly species formerly placed in Hypertelis, apart from type species Hypertelis spergulacea, a true Molluginaceae, were found to belong elsewhere and were described as Kewa in the family Kewaceae, named for the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew.[2] Molluginaceae is still assigned to the order Caryophyllales in the clade core eudicots, although the generic circumscription is difficult because Mollugo is not monophyletic.
Genera
- Adenogramma Rchb.
- Coelanthum E.Mey. ex Fenzl
- Corbichonia Scop. (now correctly placed in Lophiocarpaceae)
- Corrigiola L. (now correctly placed in Caryophyllaceae)
- Glinus L.
- Glischrothamnus Pilg.
- Hypertelis E.Mey. ex Fenzl
- Kewa Christenh. (correctly placed in Kewaceae)
- Limeum L. (now correctly placed in Limeaceae)
- Macarthuria Hugel ex Endl. (now correctly placed in Macarthuriaceae
- Mollugo L.
- Orygia Forssk. = Corbichonia Scop.
- Pharnaceum L.
- Polpoda C.Presl
- Psammotropha Eckl. & Zeyh.
- Semonvillea J.Gay = Limeum L.
- Suessenguthiella Friedrich
- Telephium L. (now correctly placed in Caryophyllaceae)
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Christenhusz, Maarten J.M.; Brockington, Samuel F.; Christin, Pascal-Antoine; Sage, Rowan F. (8 October 2014). "On the disintegration of Molluginaceae: a new genus and family (Kewa, Kewaceae)". Phytotaxa 181 (4): 238–243. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.181.4.4.
External links
- Molluginaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval. Version: 30 May 2006. http://delta-intkey.com
- Molluginaceae in the Flora of North America
- NCBI Taxonomy Browser
- links at CSDL
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