Vivianiaceae

Taxobox
name = Vivianiaceae


image_width = 270 px
image_caption = "Viviania marifolia"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Geraniales
familia = Vivianiaceae
familia_authority = Klotzsch
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = See text

Vivianiaceae is a family of flowering plants placed in the order Geraniales. The family name is derived from the genus "Viviania" Cav. It includes both the genus "Viviania" ("te de burro") and genus "Caesarea" Cambess.There are around 1-5 genera in Vivianiaceae ("Caesarea"), if included Ledocarpaceae ("Balbisia" (incl. "Ledocarpon"), "Rhinchotheca", and "Wendtia"). [APG II] A relationship with Caryophyllales, was formerly suggested; but morphology (S-plastids) and chemistry are close to Geraniales. [Bortenschlager, S. 1967. Vorläufige Mitteilungen zur Pollenmorphologie in der Familie der Geraniaceen und ihre Systematische Bedeutung. Grana Palynol. 7(2-3): 400-468.]

External links

*Thorne RF & J. L. Reveal 2007. [http://www.rsabg.org/research/angiosperms/angiosperms.pdf An Updated Classification of the Class Magnoliopsida (“Angiospermae”)]

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