Octoknemaceae is a monotypic

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flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

s endemic to continental

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. The

APG III system The APG III system of flowering plant classification is the third version of a modern, mostly molecular-based, system of plant taxonomy being developed by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG). Published in 2009, it was superseded in 2016 by a fur ...

of 2009 and the

APG II system The APG II system (Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 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 Gro ...

of 2003 (unchanged from the

APG system The APG system (Angiosperm Phylogeny Group system) of plant classification is the first version of a modern, mostly molecular-based, system of plant taxonomy. Published in 1998 by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, it was replaced by the improved AP ...

of 1998), do not recognize this family.Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2003)
An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG II.
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'' 141(4): 399-436. doi: 10.1046/j.1095-8339.2003.t01-1-00158.x The family is recognized by the

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, based on work since the publication of the APG III system.

References

External links

Octoknemaceae
in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards)
''The families of flowering plants''
{{Taxonbar, from=Q1873153 Santalales Eudicot families Historically recognized angiosperm families Monogeneric plant families