Velloziaceae
Encyclopedia
Velloziaceae is a botanical name
for a family of flowering plants. Such a family has been recognized by many taxonomists.
The APG II system
, of 2003 (unchanged from the APG system
, 1998), also recognizes this family, and assigns it to the order Pandanales
in the clade monocots. The most important genera will be :
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. Such a family has been recognized by many 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 It was a revision of the first APG system, published in 1998, and was superseded in 2009...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 It was superseded in 2003 by a revision, the APG II system, and then in 2009 by a further...
, 1998), also recognizes this family, and assigns it to the order Pandanales
Pandanales
Pandanales is an order of flowering plants, with a pantropical distribution.The APG III system places the Pandanales in the monocots. Both the APG III and APG II systems include five families in this order:* Cyclanthaceae* Pandanaceae* Stemonaceae...
in the clade monocots. The most important genera will be :
- Barbacenia Vand.
- Vellozia Vand.
- Xerophyta Juss.Antoine Laurent de JussieuAntoine Laurent de Jussieu was a French botanist, notable as the first to propose a natural classification of flowering plants; much of his system remains in use today.-Life:...
External links
- Velloziaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval. http://delta-intkey.com
- NCBI Taxonomy Browser
- links at CSDL, Texas