Metteniusaceae are a

family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...

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, the only family in the order Metteniusales. It consists of about 10 genera and 50 species of

tree In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, usually supporting branches and leaves. In some usages, the definition of a tree may be narrower, e.g., including only woody plants with secondary growth, only ...

shrub A shrub or bush is a small to medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants, shrubs have persistent woody stems above the ground. Shrubs can be either deciduous or evergreen. They are distinguished from trees by their multiple ...

s, and

liana A liana is a long-Plant stem, stemmed Woody plant, woody vine that is rooted in the soil at ground level and uses trees, as well as other means of vertical support, to climb up to the Canopy (biology), canopy in search of direct sunlight. T ...

s, primarily of the

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. The family was formerly restricted to just '' Metteniusa'', but it is now expanded with a number of genera that were formerly placed in the widely

polyphyletic A polyphyletic group is an assemblage that includes organisms with mixed evolutionary origin but does not include their most recent common ancestor. The term is often applied to groups that share similar features known as Homoplasy, homoplasies ...

Icacinaceae The Icacinaceae, also called the white pear family, are a family (biology), family of flowering plants,"Icacinaceae" At: Angiosperm Phylogeny Website At: Missouri Botanical Garden Website (see ''External links'' below). consisting of trees, shrub ...

Genera

, the Angiosperm Phylogeny Website accepts 11 genera:Stevens, P.F. (2001 onwards)
"Metteniusaceae"
''Angiosperm Phylogeny Website''. Retrieved 2016-06-09. * '' Apodytes'' - c. 6 species * '' Calatola'' - 7 species * '' Dendrobangia'' - 3 species * '' Emmotum'' - c. 10 species * '' Metteniusa'' - 7 species * '' Oecopetalum'' - 3 species * '' Ottoschulzia'' - 3 species * '' Pittosporopsis'' * '' Platea'' - 8 species * '' Poraqueiba'' - 3 species * '' Rhaphiostylis'' - c. 10 species

References

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