Asteliaceae
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| Asteliaceae | |
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| Astelia hemichrysa | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asteliaceae Dumort. |
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Asteliaceae is the botanical name of a family of flowering plants, placed in the order Asparagales of the monocots.[1]
The family has only recently been recognized by taxonomists. The APG III system of 2009 (unchanged from the 1998 and 2003 versions) does recognize this family. The family includes a few genera with several dozen species, occurring in the Southern Hemisphere.
[edit] Genera
According to the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families as of May 2011[update], the family contains the following genera:[2]
- Astelia Banks & Sol. ex R.Br.
- Collospermum Skottsb.
- Milligania Hook.f.
- Neoastelia J.B.Williams
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ Angiosperm Phylogeny Group III (2009), "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III", Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161 (2): 105–121, doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x
- ^ WCSP (2011), World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/, retrieved 2011-05-24, search for "Asteliaceae"
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Asteliaceae |
- Asteliaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval. Version: 9 March 2006. http://delta-intkey.com
- NCBI Taxonomy Browser
- links at CSDL, Texas
