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Family of flowering plants
The
family Pandaceae consists of three genera that were formerly recognized in the
Euphorbiaceae . Those are:
These genera contain 17
species ,
[2] which especially live in
West Africa or
Southeast Asia .
[3]
Species in this family are
dioecious trees or shrubs, with alternate, simple leaves.
[4]
The genus
Centroplacus was formerly included in the Pandaceae and had also been recognized in the tribe
Centroplaceae , family
Phyllanthaceae ). The
APG III system recognized this genus as a part of the family
Centroplacaceae .
[1]
References
^
a
b 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). Magnolia Press: 201–217.
doi :
10.11646/phytotaxa.261.3.1 .
^ Stephens, P.F. (2001 onwards).
Angiosperm Phylogeny Website . Version 9, June 2008.
http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/APweb/
^ Wurdack, Kenneth J.; Hoffmann, Petra; Samuel, Rosabelle; Bruijn, Anette; Bank, Michelle; Chase, Mark W. (2004).
"Molecular phylogenetic analysis of Phyllanthaceae (Phyllanthoideae pro parte, Euphorbiaceae sensu lato) using plastid RBCL DNA sequences" . American Journal of Botany . 91 (11): 1882–1900.
doi :
10.3732/ajb.91.11.1882 .
PMID
21652335 .