Common Names - See Grossulariaceae | Synonyms - |
Authority - R.Br. ex Dumort | Total Number of genera - 7 |
Gymnosperm or Angiosperm? - Angiosperm | Total Number of species - 150 |
Plant forms - Tree/Shrub | |
World Distribution - Tropical and .South temperate, mostly S. America, Australasia | |
Comments - = Grossulariaceae. In the APG II system it is one of eight families in the euasterids II clade (campanulids) that are unplaced as to order. More recent research has provided evidence that two of those families, Eremosynaceae and Tribelaceae, arose from within Escalloniaceae; the Angiosperm Phylogeny Website therefore merges these two families into Escalloniaceae, and also places the family alone in order Escalloniales.[ |
1 - Abrophyllum. 2 - Anopterus. 3 - Cuttsia. 4 - Valdivia. |