Nyssaceae
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Family of trees
| Nyssaceae | |
|---|---|
| Nyssa sylvatica foliage | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Cornales |
| Family: | Nyssaceae Juss. ex Dumort., 1829 |
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Nyssaceae is a family of flowering trees sometimes included in the dogwood family (Cornaceae).[1] Nyssaceae is composed of 37 known species in the following five genera:[2] [3] [4]
- Camptotheca , the happy trees: two species in China
- Davidia , the dove tree, handkerchief tree, or ghost tree: one species in central China
- Diplopanax : two species in southern China and Vietnam
- Mastixia : about nineteen species in Southeast Asia
- Nyssa , the tupelos: about 7–10 species in eastern North America and East to Southeast Asia
Among the extinct genera of the family are Mastixicarpum , very similar to Diplopanax, and Tsukada , an extinct relative of Davidia.
In some treatments, Davidia is split into its own family, the Davidiaceae. Diplopanax and Mastixia are also sometimes separated into the family Mastixiaceae.[4] The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group APG III system included the genera of Nyssaceae within Cornaceae.[1] The APG IV system recognizes Nyssaceae as a distinct family[5]
References
[edit ]- ^ a b 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 . hdl:10654/18083 .
- ^ Christenhusz, M. J. M.; Byng, J. W. (2016). "The number of known plants species in the world and its annual increase" (PDF). Phytotaxa. 261 (3): 201–217. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.261.3.1 .
- ^ Averyanov, L. V. & Hiep, N. T. (2002). Diplopanax vietnamensis, a New Species of Nyssaceae from Vietnam – One More Living Representative of the Tertiary Flora of Eurasia. Novon 12: 433–436. Available online (pdf)
- ^ a b Fan, C. Z., and Xiang, Q. Y. (2003). Phylogenetic analyses of Cornales based on 26S rRNA and combined 26S rDNA-matK-rbcL sequence data. American Journal of Botany 90, 1357–1372.
- ^ Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG IV". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society . 181 (1): 1–20. doi:10.1111/boj.12385 . ISSN 0024-4074.