Columelliaceae | |
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Desfontainia spinosa [2] | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Bruniales |
Family: |
Columelliaceae D.Don [1] |
Genera | |
Columelliaceae is a family of trees and shrubs native to the Andes of South America. [3] [4] [5]
In the APG II taxonomy it is placed in the order Lamiales, [1] but a 2008 study suggested that the family is sister to the Bruniaceae, [6] and the Angiosperm Phylogeny Website proposes incorporating this finding by placing both families in order Bruniales. [3] The APG III system of 2009 thus does place Columelliaceae in the Bruniales.