Circaeasteraceae

Circaeasteraceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Ranunculales
Family:	Circaeasteraceae Hutch.
genera
Circaeaster Kingdonia (optionally)

Circaeasteraceae is a family of one to two species of herbaceous plants native to China and the Himalayas.

The family has been recognized by many taxonomists. The APG II system (2003; unchanged from the APG system of 1998), recognizes it and places it in the order Ranunculales in the clade eudicots. It treats the family to consist of two species, Circaeaster agrestis and Kingdonia uniflora, but allows the option of segregating the latter species as family Kingdoniaceae.

External links

• Circaeasteraceae, Kingdoniaceae, in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants.
• NCBI Taxonomy Browser for Circaeasteraceae sensu stricto; for Kingdoniaceae
• links and more links at CSDL, Texas