Campynemataceae (Campynemaceae) is a
family of
flowering plants. The family consists of two
genera
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and four
species of
perennial herbaceous
Herbaceous plants are vascular plants that have no persistent woody stems above ground. This broad category of plants includes many perennials, and nearly all annuals and biennials.
Definitions of "herb" and "herbaceous"
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plants
endemic to
New Caledonia
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and
Tasmania.
Taxonomy
Originally described by
Dumortier in 1829, Campynemaceae consisted of a single genus, ''
Campynema
''Campynema'' is a genus in the family Campynemataceae first described in 1805. It contains only one known species (monotypic), ''Campynema lineare'', endemic to the island of Tasmania in Australia. Its closest relative is '' Campynemanthe'', e ...
'', described by
Labillardière in
Tasmania in 1804. In 1893 Baillon identified a closely related genus, ''
Campynemanthe
''Campynemanthe '' is a genus of plants in the Campynemataceae family, first described by Henri Baillon in 1893. The entire genus is endemic to New Caledonia in the southwestern Pacific. Its closest relative is the monotypic genus '' Campynema'' ...
'' in
New Caledonia
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. Together the two genera make up the family Campynemataceae
sensu Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG), within the
Liliales
Liliales is an order of monocotyledonous flowering plants in the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group and Angiosperm Phylogeny Web system, within the lilioid monocots. This order of necessity includes the family Liliaceae. The APG III system (2009) place ...
order
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* Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood
* Heterarchy, a system of organization wherein the elements have the potential to be ranked a number of d ...
.
While historically, the two genera have generally been treated together, their
circumscription has varied considerably. The third edition (1903) of
Engler's ''
Syllabus'' only included Campynema, but positioned it as Campynematoideae, a subfamily of
Amaryllidaceae
The Amaryllidaceae are a family of herbaceous, mainly perennial and bulbous (rarely rhizomatous) flowering plants in the monocot order Asparagales. The family takes its name from the genus ''Amaryllis'' and is commonly known as the amaryllis fa ...
.
Phylogeny
The synthesis of molecular data with
cladistic analysis suggests that the Liliales form one of eleven orders of
monocotyledons. Sequencing of the ''
rbcL'' and ''trnL-F''
plastid genes revealed four main Liliales lineages:
# Liliaceae group:
Liliaceae (including some former
Uvulariaceae
Uvulariaceae is a family of flowering plants. While seldom recognised, the family is accepted by the Dahlgren system, which places it in order Liliales, superorder Lilianae, and the subclass Liliidae monocotyledonsof class Magnoliopsida angiosper ...
and
Calochortaceae
The Calochortoideae are a subfamily of monocotyledon perennial, herbaceous and mainly bulbous flowering plants in the lily family, Liliaceae.
Approximately the same group of species has been recognized as a separate family, Calochortaceae, in a f ...
),
Philesiaceae and
Smilacaceae;
# Campynemataceae;
# Colchicaceae group (Colchicoid lilies):
Colchicaceae (including ''Petermannia'' and ''Uvularia''),
Alstroemeriaceae and ''Luzuriaga'';
#
Melanthiaceae (including
Trilliaceae).
This suggested that the Campynemataceae form one of seven families within the Liliales order.
References
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External links
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in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards).
The families of flowering plants descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval.'' Version: 9 March 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20070103200438/http://delta-intkey.com/
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