Sladeniaceae

Taxobox
name = Sladeniaceae


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regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Ericales
familia = Sladeniaceae
familia_authority = (Gilg. and Werderm.) Airy Shaw
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = Sladenia

Sladeniaceae (Gilg. & Werderm.) Airy Shaw is a family of flowering plants containing tree species found in sub-tropical to tropical environments in East Africa, Burma, Yunnan and Thailand. The family consists of trees with alternate, simply leaves without stipules, and flowers arranged in cymose inflorescences.

The circumscription of the family is variable, with some systems describing the family as consisting solely of the genus "Sladenia", which has been variously considered a member of the Theaceae, the Actinidiaceae, the Dilleniaceae, or the Ternstroemiaceae. Other systems include the genus "Ficalhoa" and possibly the genus "Pentaphylax" in a family with "Sladenia". Morphological studies of the "Sladenia" embryo suggest it has unique characteristics which merit placing the genus in its own family. [cite journal
last = Li
first = L
coauthors = Han-Xing Liang, Hua Peng, Li-Gong Lei
title = Sporogenesis and gametogenesis in Sladenia and their systematic implication
journal = Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
volume = 143
issue = 3
pages = 305–314
publisher = Linnean Society of London
date = 2003
doi = 10.1046/j.1095-8339.2003.00237.x
accessdate =2007-06-09] However, the plant family is poorly studied and initial phylogenetic studies have raised contradictory indications about its taxonomic placement. [cite journal
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title = Phylogenetic relationships in the order ericales s.l.: Analyses of molecular data from five genes from the plastid and mitochondrial genomes
journal = American Journal of Botany
volume = 89
issue = 4
pages = 677–687
publisher = Botanical Society of America
date = 2002
url = http://www.amjbot.org/cgi/reprint/89/4/677
accessdate = 2007-06-09
doi = 10.3732/ajb.89.4.677] [cite journal
last = Anderberg
first = AA
coauthors = KJ Sytsma, J Schönenberger
title = Molecular phylogenetics and patterns of floral evolution in the Ericales
journal = International Journal of Plant Sciences
volume = 166
issue = 2
pages = 265–288
publisher = University of Chicago Press Journals
date = 2005
doi = 10.1086/427198accessdate = 2007-06-09]

References

External links

*Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). [http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/APweb/|Angiosperm Phylogeny Website.] Version 7, May 2006. Retrieved 31 May 2007