Tetramelaceae
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Family of plants
| Tetramelaceae | |
|---|---|
| Roots of a Tetrameles nudiflora tree along a gallery in Ta Prohm | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Cucurbitales |
| Family: | Tetramelaceae Airy Shaw[1] |
| Genera | |
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The Tetramelaceae are a family of plants in the order Cucurbitales, containing two genera of mostly Asian, large trees, Octomeles and Tetrameles , each with a single species.[2] These genera were formerly placed in the Datiscaceae,[3] but genetic studies confirmed that they do not form a natural clade with the other members of that family.[4]
References
[edit ]- ^ Airy Shaw (1965) Kew Bull. 18(2): 267 [8 Dec 1965].
- ^ Christenhusz, M. J. M. & Byng, J. W. (2016). "The number of known plants species in the world and its annual increase". Phytotaxa. 261 (3). Magnolia Press: 201–217. Bibcode:2016Phytx.261..201C. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.261.3.1 .
- ^ van Steenis CGGJ (1953) Datiscaceae. Fl. Males., Ser. I, Spermat. 4: 382–387.
- ^ Schaefer, Hanno; Renner, Susanne S. (2011). "Phylogenetic relationships in the order Cucurbitales and a new classification of the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae)" (PDF). Taxon. 60 (1): 122–38. Bibcode:2011Taxon..60..122S. doi:10.1002/tax.601011.