Escalloniaceae is a family of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...
s consisting of about 130 species in eight genera. In the
APG II system it is one of eight families in the euasterids II clade (campanulids) that are unplaced as to order. More recent research has provided evidence that two of those families,
Eremosynaceae and
Tribelaceae, arose from within Escalloniaceae; the
Angiosperm Phylogeny Website therefore merges these two families into Escalloniaceae, and also places the family alone in order Escalloniales.
Genera
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Plants of the World Online
Plants of the World Online (POWO) is an online taxonomic database published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
History
Following the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew launched Plants of the World Online i ...
recognises eight
genera in this family, as follows:
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Anopterus''
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Eremosyne''
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Escallonia''
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Forgesia
''Forgesia'' is a genus of flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 's ...
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Polyosma''
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Rayenia''
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Tribeles''
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Valdivia''
References
Asterid families
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