Eupomatiaceae
Encyclopedia
Eupomatiaceae is the botanical name
for a family
of flowering plants. Such a family has been recognised by most taxonomists.
The APG II system
, of 2003 (unchanged from the APG system
, of 1998), also recognizes this family, and assigns it to the order Magnoliales
in the clade magnoliids. The family consists of one genus only, Eupomatia, of three species, trees and shrubs, found on New Guinea and eastern Australia.
Botanical name
A botanical name is a formal scientific name conforming to the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature and, if it concerns a plant cultigen, the additional cultivar and/or Group epithets must conform to the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants...
for a family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of flowering plants. Such a family has been recognised by most taxonomists.
The APG II system
APG II system
The APG II system of plant classification is the second, now obsolete, version of a modern, mostly molecular-based, system of plant taxonomy that was published in April 2003 by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. It was a revision of the first APG system, published in 1998, and was superseded in 2009...
, of 2003 (unchanged from the APG system
APG system
The APG system of plant classification is the first, now obsolete, version of a modern, mostly molecular-based, system of plant taxonomy that was published in 1998 by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. It was superseded in 2003 by a revision, the APG II system, and then in 2009 by a further...
, of 1998), also recognizes this family, and assigns it to the order Magnoliales
Magnoliales
Magnoliales is an order of flowering plants.-Classification:The Magnoliales includes six families:* Annonaceae...
in the clade magnoliids. The family consists of one genus only, Eupomatia, of three species, trees and shrubs, found on New Guinea and eastern Australia.
External links
- Eupomatiaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval. Version: 3rd May 2006. http://delta-intkey.com.
- NCBI Taxonomy Browser
- links at CSDL, Texas