Sphenostemon

Taxobox
name = Sphenostemonaceae
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
familia = Sphenostemonaceae
family_authority = P.Royen & Airy Shaw
genus = "Sphenostemon"

"Sphenostemon" is the only genus in the monotypic family of plants Sphenostemonaceae of small evergreen trees or shrubs endemic to New Guinea, Queensland, Australia and New Caledonia. [cite web|last = Stevens|first = P|title = Angiosperm Phylogeny Website|publisher = Missouri Botanical Garden|date = 2001 onwards|url = http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/APweb/welcome.html|accessdate = 2007-08-03] The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group II considers the family unplaced as to order within the euasterids II clade; however, some authorities place Sphenostemonaceae in the Dipsacales. [cite journal
last = The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group
title = An update of the Angiospermclassification for the ordersflowering plants: APG II
journal = Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
volume = 141
pages = 399–436
publisher = Linnean Society of London
date = 2003
url = http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/links/doi/10.1046/j.1095-8339.2003.t01-1-00158.x/pdf
accessdate = 2007-08-03
doi = 10.1046/j.1095-8339.2003.t01-1-00158.x]

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