Bruniaceae
| Bruniaceae | |
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| Berzelia lanuginosa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| (unranked): | Euasterids II |
| Order: | (unplaced) |
| Family: | Bruniaceae Berchtold & J. Presl, nom. cons. |
| Genera | |
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Bruniaceae is a family of shrubs native to the cape region of South Africa. They are mostly restricted to the Cape Province, but a small number of species occur in KwaZulu-Natal.[1]
In the APG II taxonomy they are placed in the order Lamiales,[2] but a 2008 study suggested that they are sister to the Columelliaceae,[3] and the Angiosperm Phylogeny Website proposes incorporating this finding by placing both families in order Bruniales.[1]
Genera
There are twelve genera, totalling 75 species:
- Audouinia Brongn.
- Berzelia Brongn.
- Brunia Lam.
- Linconia L.
- Lonchostoma Wikstr.
- Mniothamnea (Oliv.) Nied.
- Nebelia Neck. ex Sweet
- Pseudobaeckea Nied.
- Raspalia Brongn.
- Staavia Dahl
- Thamnea Sol. ex Brongn.
- Tittmannia Brongn.
References
- ^ a b http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/APweb/orders/asteralesweb.htm#Bruniaceae
- ^ Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2003). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG II". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 141 (4): 399–436. doi:10.1046/j.1095-8339.2003.t01-1-00158.x.
- ^ Winkworth, Richard C.; Lundberg, Johannes; Donoghue, Michael J. (2008). "Toward a resolution of Campanulid phylogeny, with special reference to the placement of Dipsacales". Taxon 57 (1): 53–65.