Resedaceae

Taxobox
name = Resedaceae

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image_caption = "Reseda lutea" (Wild mignonette)
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
unranked_ordo = Rosids
ordo = Brassicales
familia = Resedaceae
familia_authority =
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = See text.

Resedaceae is a family of generally herbaceous dicotyledonous plants comprising some 70 species in six genera:
*"Caylusea"
*"Ochradenus"
*"Oligomeris"
*"Randonia"
*"Reseda"
*"Sesamoides"Recent molecular studies suggest that "Oligomeris", "Randonia" and "Ochradenus" all arose from within the ranks of "Reseda". This would imply that only three genera should be recognised, although as yet no nomenclatural changes have been made. [cite journal | title = Molecular systematics and biogeography of Resedaceae based on ITS and trnL-F sequences | author = Santiago Martín-Bravo, Harald Meimberg, Modesto Luceño, Wolfgang Märkl, Virginia Valcárcel, Christian Bräuchler, Pablo Vargas and Günther Heubl | journal = Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution | volume = 44 | issue = 3 | year = 2007 | pages = 1105-1120]

The family includes annuals, biennials and perennials and is distributed in temperate to sub-tropical regions of the Europe, western Asia, the Middle East, North America, and South Africa.

Resedaceae was placed under the Cronquist system in the order Capparales. The APG II system places it in the order Brassicales.

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