Asteliaceae
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| Asteliaceae | |
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| Astelia hemichrysa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asteliaceae Dumort.[1] |
| Genera | |
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Asteliaceae is a family of flowering plants, placed in the order Asparagales of the monocots.[1]
The family has only recently been recognized by taxonomists. The APG III system of 2009 (unchanged from the 1998 and 2003 versions) does recognize this family. The family includes three (or four) genera with 37 species,[2] occurring in the Southern Hemisphere.
Genera
According to the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families as of May 2011[update], the family contains the following genera:[3]
- Astelia Banks & Sol. ex R.Br.
- Collospermum Skottsb.
- Milligania Hook.f.
- Neoastelia J.B.Williams
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Angiosperm Phylogeny Group III (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
- ↑ Christenhusz, M. J. M. & Byng, J. W. (2016). "The number of known plants species in the world and its annual increase". Phytotaxa. Magnolia Press. 261 (3): 201–217. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.261.3.1.
- ↑ WCSP (2011), World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2011-05-24, search for "Asteliaceae"
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Asteliaceae. |
- Asteliaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval. Version: 9 March 2006. http://web.archive.org/web/20070103200438/http://delta-intkey.com:80/
- links at CSDL, Texas
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