The Surianaceae are a family of plants in the order

Fabales Fabales is an order of flowering plants included in the rosid group of the eudicots in the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group II classification system. In the APG II circumscription, this order includes the families Fabaceae or legumes (including the s ...

with five genera and eight known species. It has an unusual distribution: the genus ''

Recchia ''Recchia'' is a genus of trees in the family Surianaceae. It is native to tropical habitats of Mexico. Species It includes the following species: * '' Recchia connaroides'' — endemic to Oaxaca state in southwestern Mexico. * '' Recchia mexic ...

'' is native to

Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

, and the sole member of ''

Suriana ''Suriana'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants containing only ''Suriana maritima'', which is commonly known as bay cedar. Distribution It has a pantropical distribution and can be found on coasts in the New and Old World tropics. Native ...

'', '' S. maritima'', is a coastal plant with a

pantropical A pantropical ("all tropics") distribution is one which covers tropical regions of both the Eastern and Western hemispheres. Examples of species include caecilians, modern sirenians and the plant genera ''Acacia'' and ''Bacopa''. ''Neotropical' ...

distribution; and the remaining three genera are endemic to

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. They range in form from small shrubs to tall trees.

Systematics

Modern

molecular phylogenetics Molecular phylogenetics () is the branch of phylogeny that analyzes genetic, hereditary molecular differences, predominantly in DNA sequences, to gain information on an organism's evolutionary relationships. From these analyses, it is possible to ...

suggest the following relationships:

Species

References

Rosid families {{Rosid-stub