Corsiaceae

Corsiaceae
Corsia spp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Liliales
Family:	Corsiaceae Becc.
Genera
see text

Corsiaceae is a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants. The APG II system (2003) treats the family in the order Liliales, in the clade monocots. This is a slight change from the APG system, of 1998, which left the family unplaced as to order, but did assign it also to the monocots.

Genera

The family is usually taken to include three genera, Corsia, Corsiopsis, and Arachnitis. As the members of this family are non-autotrophic herbs (i.e. they are not green, and do not photosynthesize) they have sometimes been included in the family Burmanniaceae which, however, according to APG II is not even in the same order. The APG companion site cites a reference which suggests the family should consist of Corsia only, with Arachnitis better placed nearer to family Burmanniaceae. Corsiopsis, like Arachnitis a monotypic genus, has been described recently.

Genera and species

Corsia ornata, Bird's Head Peninsula, Indonesia

• Arachnitis Phil., 1864
  • Arachnitis uniflora
• Corsia Becc., 1877
  • Corsia acuminata
  • Corsia arfakensis
  • Corsia boridiensis
  • Corsia brassii
  • Corsia clypeata
  • Corsia cordata
  • Corsia cornuta
  • Corsia crenata
  • Corsia cyclopensis
  • Corsia haianjensis
  • Corsia huonensis
  • Corsia lamellata
  • Corsia merimantaensis
  • Corsia ornata
  • Corsia papuana
  • Corsia purpurata
  • Corsia pyramidata
  • Corsia resiensis
  • Corsia torricellensis
  • Corsia triceratops
  • Corsia unguiculata
  • Corsia viridopurpurea
  • Corsia wubungu
• Corsiopsis D.X.Zhang, R.M.K.Saunders & C.M.Hu, 1999
  • Corsiopsis chinensis

References and external links

• Neyland, R. & M. Hennigan (2003). "A phylogeny inferred from large-subunit (26S) ribosome DNA sequences suggests that the Corsiaceae are polyphyletic". New Zealand J. Bot. 41: 1–11. doi:10.1080/0028825X.2003.9512828. 
• Corsiaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards), The families of flowering plants.
• NCBI Taxonomy Browser
• links at CSDL, Texas