The Surianaceae are a family of plants in the order
Fabales
The Fabales are 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 (includin ...
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 ( Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guate ...
, and the sole member of ''
Suriana'', ''
S. maritima'', is a coastal plant with a
pantropical
A pantropical ("all tropics") distribution is one which covers tropical regions of both hemispheres. Examples of species include caecilians, modern sirenians and the plant genera ''Acacia'' and '' Bacopa''.
'' Neotropical'' is a zoogeographic t ...
distribution; and the remaining three genera are endemic to
Australia.
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
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