The Anacampserotaceae are a
family
Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...
of plants proposed in the February 2010 issue of the journal ''
Taxon
In biology, a taxon ( back-formation from '' taxonomy''; plural taxa) is a group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms seen by taxonomists to form a unit. Although neither is required, a taxon is usually known by a particular n ...
''. The family was described by
Urs Eggli and
Reto Nyffeler in their analysis of the
polyphyly
A polyphyletic group is an assemblage of organisms or other evolving elements that is of mixed evolutionary origin. The term is often applied to groups that share similar features known as homoplasies, which are explained as a result of conver ...
in the suborder
Portulacineae (order
Caryophyllales
Caryophyllales ( ) is a diverse and heterogeneous order of flowering plants that includes the cacti, carnations, amaranths, ice plants, beets, and many carnivorous plants. Many members are succulent, having fleshy stems or leaves. The betal ...
). The new family and its circumscription was based on molecular and morphological data. The three recognized genera - ''
Anacampseros
''Anacampseros'' L. is a genus comprising about a hundred species of small perennial succulent plants native to Southern Africa, Ethiopia and Latin America. The botanical name ''Anacampseros'' is an ancient one for herbs supposed to restore los ...
'', ''
Grahamia'', and ''
Talinopsis'' - were formerly placed in the
Portulacaceae
The Portulacaceae are a family of flowering plants, comprising 115 species in a single genus '' Portulaca''. Formerly some 20 genera with about 500 species, were placed there, but it is now restricted to encompass only one genus, the other genera ...
[Nyffeler, R., and U. Eggli. 2010. Disintegrating Portulacaceae: A new familial classification of the suborder Portulacineae (Caryophyllales) based on molecular and morphological data. ''Taxon'', 59(1): 227-240.] and comprise a total of 36 known species.
This family was accepted in the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group's 2009 publication of the
APG III system
The APG III system of flowering plant classification is the third version of a modern, mostly molecular-based, system of plant taxonomy being developed by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG). Published in 2009, it was superseded in 2016 by a fu ...
.
[Chase, M. W., and J. L. Reveal. 2009. A phylogenetic classification of the land plants to accompany APG III. ''Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society'', 161(2): 122–127. ]
References
Caryophyllales families
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