Siparunaceae

taxobox
name = "Siparunaceae"

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image_caption = "Siparuna cauliflora"
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Magnoliids
ordo = Laurales
familia = Siparunaceae
familia_authority = (A.DC.) Schodde (1970)
subdivision_ranks = genera
subdivision = see text|

Siparunaceae is the botanical name for a family of flowering plants. Such a family has been recognised by few taxonomists: the plants concerned have usually been included in family Monimiaceae.

The APG II system, of 2003 (unchanged from the APG system, of 1998), does recognize this family, and assigns it to the order Laurales in the clade magnoliids. The family consists of two genera of woody plants, with essential oils: "Glossocalyx longicuspis" in West Africa and "Siparuna" of several dozen species, in the .

"External links :":* [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/siparuna.htm Siparunaceae] in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). " [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/ The families of flowering plants] : descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval." Version: 3rd May 2006. http://delta-intkey.com. :* [http://www.arbolesornamentales.com/Monimiaceae.htm Siparuna] :* [http://www.umsl.edu/~biosrenn/siparuna/description.html The Official Siparuna Website] :* [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Tree&id=104773&lvl=3&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock NCBI Taxonomy Browser] :* [http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/cgi/gateway_family?fam=Siparunaceae links at CSDL, Texas]