Centrolepidaceae are a
family
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of
flowering plant
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s now included in
Restionaceae following
APG IV (2016).
The
botanical name
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has been recognized by most taxonomists.
The
APG II system, of 2003 (unchanged from the
APG system, 1998), also recognised such a family, and assigned it to the order
Poales in the clade
commelinids
In plant taxonomy, commelinids (originally commelinoids) (plural, not capitalised) is a clade of flowering plants within the monocots, distinguished by having cell walls containing ferulic acid.
The commelinids are the only clade that the APG IV ...
in the
monocots.
The family was regarded as containing three genera, ''
Aphelia'', ''
Centrolepis
''Centrolepis'' is a genus of small herbaceous plants in the family Restionaceae known as thorn grass scales, with about 25 species native to Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, and south-east Asia as far north as Hainan Dao. APG III system class ...
'', and ''
Gaimardia
''Gaimardia'' is a genus of plants in the Restionaceae family. It has a disjunct distribution in New Zealand, New Guinea, Tasmania and extreme southern South America.
APG III system classifies this genus in the Centrolepidaceae family.
Speci ...
'', with about 35 species total, found in
Australia
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,
New Zealand
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, southern South America and
Southeast Asia
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.
References
External links
Centrolepidaceae in western AustraliaAphelia in western AustraliaCentrolepis in western Australialinks at CSDL, Texas
* Centrolepidacea
in Flora of New Zealand.
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Poales families
Historically recognized angiosperm families