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'''Rousseaceae''' is a [[plant]] family in the order [[Asterales]] containing trees and shrubs. The fruit is a berry or capsule. Leaves are simple, with toothed margins. Leaf stipules are not seen in this group.
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The family contains four genera<ref>[[Floyd, A.G.]], ''Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia'', Inkata Press 2008, ISBN 978-0-9589436-7-3 page 326</ref> and twelve or thirteen species. From [[Mauritius]], [[Australia]], [[New Guinea]], [[New Zealand]] and a few other Pacific Islands. The genera ''[[Abrophyllum]]'', ''[[Cuttsia]]'' and ''[[Carpodetus]]'' have been formerly placed in a separate family, Carpodetaceae, or within [[Escalloniaceae]].
 
 
== Taxonomy ==
 
''Roussea'' is sister to the remainder of the family and is most distanced from the other genera. ''Carpodetus'' is the sister to the clade consisting of ''Abrophyllum'' and ''Cuttsia''. This results in the following phylogenetic tree.<ref>{{cite book|author= Michael Heads|year= 2013|title= Biogeography of Australasia: A Molecular Analysis|publisher= Cambridge University Press}}</ref>
 
 
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      |1={{Clade
 
      |label2=family&nbsp;Rousseaceae
 
        |1=family&nbsp;[[Campanulaceae]]&nbsp;(±&nbsp;cosmopolitan)
 
        |2={{Clade
 
        |label1=subfamily&nbsp;Rousseoideae
 
            |1=''[[Roussea simplex|Roussea]]''&nbsp;(Mauritius)
 
        |label2=subfamily&nbsp;Carpodetoideae
 
            |2={{Clade
 
            |label1=(eastern&nbsp;Australia)
 
              |1={{Clade
 
                  |1=''[[Abrophyllum]]''
 
                  |2=''[[Cuttsia]]''
 
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              |2=''[[Carpodetus]]''&nbsp;(New&nbsp;Guinea, Solomon&nbsp;Islands, Vanuatu, New&nbsp;Zealand)
 
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  |2=other&nbsp;Asterales&nbsp;families
 
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== References ==
 
{{Reflist}}
 
 
[[Category:Asterales families]]
 
 
[[Category:Asterales]]
 
[[Category:Asterales]]

Latest revision as of 18:12, 1 November 2020

Rousseaceae
Abrophyllum ornans Elvina Bay.JPG
Abrophyllum ornans
Cuttsia viburnea 2329.jpg
Cuttsia viburnea
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Rousseaceae

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Carpodetaceae

Rousseaceae is a family of plants with no known edible members.