|
|
| Line 9: |
Line 9: |
| | }} | | }} |
| | | | |
| − | '''Bruniaceae''' is a family of shrubs native to the cape region of [[South Africa]]. They are mostly restricted to the [[Cape Province]], but a small number of species occur in [[KwaZulu-Natal]].<ref name="APWeb">http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/APweb/orders/asteralesweb.htm#Bruniaceae</ref>
| + | {{inedible family}} |
| − | | |
| − | == Description ==
| |
| − | Species belonging to the Bruniaceae are heath-like shrubs. They have small, hard, scaly leaves that are alternate but regularly set and overlapping. A distinct character is the minute black tip of the leaves when these are young. The [[inflorescence]] is a dense spike or spherical flowerhead with up to 400 flowers at the end of the stems. Individual flowers are tube-shaped and [[hermafrodite]], there are five sepals which may be free or connected at their rim, while the ovary sits under the other parts of the flower. The fruit is dry when ripe, opens with two or four valves and contains fleshy seeds.<ref>{{cite web|website= Guide to Plant Families of southern Africa|author1=M. Koekemoer, H.M. Steyn |author2=S.P. Bester |lastauthoramp=yes |title= Bruniaceae|url= http://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/South_African_Plant_Families/key/South%20African%20Plant%20Families/Media/Html/Bruniaceae.htm|access-date= 2016-03-01}}</ref>
| |
| − | | |
| − | == Taxonomy ==
| |
| − | In the [[APG II]] taxonomy they are placed in the order [[Lamiales]],<ref>{{cite journal | doi = 10.1046/j.1095-8339.2003.t01-1-00158.x | author = Angiosperm Phylogeny Group | year = 2003 | title = An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG II | journal = Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society | volume = 141 | issue = 4 | pages = 399–436}}</ref> but a 2008 study suggested that they are sister to the [[Columelliaceae]],<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Winkworth, Richard C. |author2=Lundberg, Johannes |author3=Donoghue, Michael J. | year = 2008 | title = Toward a resolution of Campanulid phylogeny, with special reference to the placement of Dipsacales | journal = Taxon | volume = 57 | issue = 1 | pages = 53–65}}</ref> and the [[Angiosperm Phylogeny Website]] proposes incorporating this finding by placing both families in order [[Bruniales]].<ref name="APWeb"/>
| |
| − | | |
| − | == Genera ==
| |
| − | There are twelve genera, totalling 75 species:
| |
| − | * ''[[Audouinia]]'' <small>Brongn.</small>
| |
| − | * ''[[Berzelia]]'' <small>Brongn.</small>
| |
| − | * ''[[Brunia (plant)|Brunia]]'' <small>Lam.</small>
| |
| − | * ''[[Linconia (plant)|Linconia]]'' <small>L.</small>
| |
| − | * ''[[Lonchostoma]]'' <small>[[Wikstr.]]</small>
| |
| − | * ''[[Mniothamnea]]'' <small>(Oliv.) Nied.</small>
| |
| − | * ''[[Nebelia (plant)|Nebelia]]'' <small>Neck. ex Sweet</small>
| |
| − | * ''[[Pseudobaeckea]]'' <small>Nied.</small>
| |
| − | * ''[[Raspalia]]'' <small>Brongn.</small>
| |
| − | * ''[[Staavia]]'' <small>Dahl</small>
| |
| − | * ''[[Thamnea]]'' <small>Sol. ex Brongn.</small>
| |
| − | * ''[[Tittmannia]]'' <small>Brongn.</small>
| |
| | | | |
| | == References == | | == References == |
