Trimeniaceae
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| Trimenia weinmanniaefolia | |
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Trimeniaceae
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Piptocalyx (=Trimenia) |
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Trimeniaceae is a family of flowering plants. Such a family has been recognized by most taxonomists, at least for the past several decades.
It is a small family of one genus (or possibly two) with half-a-dozen species, of woody plants, bearing essential oils. The family is subtropical to tropical and found in Southeast Asia, eastern Australia and the Pacific Islands.
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Taxonomy
APG II
The APG II system, of 2003, also recognizes such a family and places it in order Austrobaileyales, an order which is accepted as being among the most basal lineages in the clade angiosperms.
APG
The APG system, of 1998, also recognized this family, but left it unplaced as to order, and regarded it as being among the most basal lineages in the clade angiosperms.
Cronquist
The Cronquist system, of 1981, accepted this family and placed it in
- the order Laurales,
- in subclass Magnoliidae,
- in class Magnoliopsida [=dicotyledons],
- of division Magnoliophyta [=angiosperms].
- in class Magnoliopsida [=dicotyledons],
- in subclass Magnoliidae,
Thorne
The Thorne system (1992) accepted this family and placed it in
- the order Magnoliales,
- in superorder Magnolianae,
- in subclass Magnoliideae [=dicotyledons],
- in class Magnoliopsida [=angiosperms].
- in subclass Magnoliideae [=dicotyledons],
- in superorder Magnolianae,
Dahlgren
The Dahlgren system accepted this family and placed it in
- the order Laurales,
- in superorder Magnolianae,
- in subclass Magnoliideae [=dicotyledons],
- in class Magnoliopsida [=angiosperms].
- in subclass Magnoliideae [=dicotyledons],
- in superorder Magnolianae,
Engler
The Engler system, in the update of 1964, accepted this family and placed it in
- the order Magnoliales, which was placed
- in subclass Archychlamydeae,
- in class Dicotyledoneae,
- in subdivision Angiospermae
- in class Dicotyledoneae,
- in subclass Archychlamydeae,
References and external links
- Trimeniaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards) The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval. Version: 3 May 2006. http://delta-intkey.com.
- e-flora
- NCBI Taxonomy Browser
