''Coldenia'', named after C. Colden, is a monotypic

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s traditionally included in the

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family,

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, but molecular data revealed it to be more closely related to the genus ''

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'', so that other authors placed in

Cordioideae Cordioideae is a subfamily of the flowering plant family Boraginaceae. Genera *''Coldenia'' L. *''Cordia ''Cordia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It contains about 300 species of shrubs and trees, that ...

. Subsequently, it was placed in its own family, Coldeniaceae, within the Boraginales

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, by the Boraginales Working Group. The sole species is ''Coldenia procumbens''.

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* Cordioideae Monotypic asterid genera Boraginaceae genera {{asterid-stub