Tapisciaceae
Encyclopedia
Tapisciaceae is the botanical name
for a family of flowering plants. Until recently it had been abandoned by taxonomists, and it was not recognised in the APG II system
of 2003. Recently, however, it has been reinstated to encompass the two small genera Tapiscia
and Huertea
.
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 of flowering plants. Until recently it had been abandoned by taxonomists, and it was not recognised in 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 It was a revision of the first APG system, published in 1998, and was superseded in 2009...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. Recently, however, it has been reinstated to encompass the two small genera Tapiscia
Tapiscia
Tapiscia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Tapisciaceae. Some authors recognize only one species, Tapiscia sinensis. Other authors recognize two species, T. sinensis and T. yunnanensis....
and Huertea
Huertea
Huertea is a genus of plant in family Staphyleaceae. It contains the following species :* Huertea cubensis, Griseb....
.