The Francoaceae are a small 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 in the order
Geraniales
Geraniales is a small order (biology), order of flowering plants, included within the rosid subclade of eudicots. The largest family (biology), family in the order is Geraniaceae with over 800 species. In addition, the order includes the smaller ...
, including the
genera
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial s ...
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Francoa'', commonly known as bridal wreaths. The Francoaceae are recognized as a family under various classification schemes. Under the 2009
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 Published in 2009, it was superseded in 2016 by a f ...
the Francoaceae were included within the Melianthaceae.
In the 2016
APG IV system
The APG IV system of flowering plant classification is the fourth version of a modern, mostly molecular-based, system of plant taxonomy for flowering plants (angiosperms) being developed by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG). It was publish ...
the Francoaceae are again recognized as a family, with Melianthaceae included in the circumscription of Francoaceae.
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 ...
included the following genera in Francoaceae:
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Balbisia''
Cav.
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Bersama''
Fresen.
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Dimorphopetalum''
Bertero
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Francoa''
Cav.
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Greyia''
Hook. & Harv.
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Melianthus''
L.
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Rhynchotheca''
Ruiz & Pav.
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Viviania''
Cav.
Formerly included genera:
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Tetilla
''Tetilla'' is a genus of flowering plants. It belongs to the family Saxifragaceae.Zappi, D. (2009)Neotropical Saxifragaceae In: Milliken, W., et al. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants ...
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DC. – now in
Saxifragaceae
Saxifragaceae is a family of Herbaceous plant, herbaceous Perennial plant, perennial flowering plants, within the core eudicot Order (biology), order Saxifragales. The Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy of the family has been greatly revised and the ...
References
Rosid families
Flora of Chile
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