Achariaceae
Appearance
Achariaceae Temporal range:
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Scientific classification![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Achariaceae Harms[2][3] |
Type genus | |
Acharia |
Achariaceaeis a family of flowering plants consisting of 31 genera and about 155 species of tropical herbs, shrubs, and trees.[4]TheAPG IV systemhas greatly expanded the scope of the family by including many genera previously classified inFlacourtiaceae.[5]Molecular data strongly support the inclusion of this family in the orderMalpighiales.
The family is almost exclusively tropical and is best known as the source ofchaulmoogra oil,formerly used to treat leprosy. Unlike other members of the former Flacourtiaceae now placed in the familySalicaceae,the genera of Achariaceae typically havecyanogenic glycosides.[citation needed]
Genera
[edit]The following 31 genera are accepted byPlants of the World Onlineas of 10 March 2024[update]:[2]
- AchariaThunb.
- AherniaMerr.
- BaileyoxylonC.T.White
- BuchnerodendronGürke
- CaloncobaGilg
- CamptostylusGilg
- CarpotrocheEndl.
- CeratiosicyosNees
- ChiangiodendronWendt
- ChlorocarpaAlston
- DasylepisOliv.
- EleutherandraSlooten
- ErythrospermumLam.
- GrandidieraJaub.
- GuthrieaBolus
- GynocardiaR.Br.
- HydnocarpusGaertn.
- KiggelariaL.
- KuhlmanniodendronFiaschi&Groppo
- LindackeriaC.Presl
- MaynaAubl.
- PangiumReinw.
- PeterodendronSleumer
- PoggeaGürke
- ProckiopsisBaill.
- RawsoniaHarv.&Sond.
- RyparosaBlume
- ScaphocalyxRidl.
- ScottelliaOliv.
- TrichadeniaThwaites
- XylothecaHochst.
References
[edit]- ^"Malpighiales".www.mobot.org.Retrieved2023-06-16.
- ^ab"AchariaceaeHarms ".Plants of the World Online.Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.2024.Retrieved10 March2024.
- ^Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (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.hdl:10654/18083.
- ^Christenhusz, M. J. M. & Byng, J. W. (2016)."The number of known plants species in the world and its annual increase".Phytotaxa.261(3): 201–217.doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.261.3.1.
- ^Chase, Mark W.; Sue Zmarzty; M. Dolores Lledó; Kenneth J. Wurdack; Susan M. Swensen; Michael F. Fay (2002). "When in doubt, put it in Flacourtiaceae: a molecular phylogenetic analysis based on plastidrbcLDNA sequences ".Kew Bulletin.57(1): 141–181.doi:10.2307/4110825.JSTOR4110825.