Saururaceae
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| Saururaceae Temporal range: Middle Eocene–Present |
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| Saururus cernuus | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Piperales |
| Family: | Saururaceae Martinov |
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Saururaceae is a plant family comprising four genera and seven species of herbaceous flowering plants native to eastern and southern Asia and North America. The family has been recognised by most taxonomists, and is sometimes known as the "lizard's-tail family". The APG II system (2003; unchanged from the 1998 APG system) assigned it to the order Piperales in the clade magnoliids.
[edit] Genera and species
- Anemopsis californica (Nutt.) Hook. & Arn. (Yerba mansa). – North America.
- Gymnotheca chinensis Decne. – Asia.
- Gymnotheca involucrata S. J. Pei. – Asia.
- Houttuynia cordata Thunberg. – Asia.
- Houttuynia emeiensis Z.Y.Zhu & S.L.Zhang - Asia.
- Saururus cernuus L. (Lizard's tail, Water-dragon)– North America.
- Saururus chinensis (Loureiro) Baillon. – Asia.
- †Saururus tuckerae - Middle Eocene[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Peter F. Stevens. "Saururaceae". APWeb. http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/APweb/orders/piperalesweb2.htm#Saururaceae. Retrieved 2011-08-01.
- Saururaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants.
- Flora of North America: Saururaceae
- Flora of China: Saururaceae
- NCBI Taxonomy Browser
- links at CSDL, Texas
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