Escalloniaceae is a family of
flowering plant
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s consisting of about 130 species in seven genera. In 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 Gr ...
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
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The site is hosted by the Missouri Botanical Garden website and maintained by researchers, Peter F. Stevens and Hilary M. Davis ...
therefore merges these two families into Escalloniaceae, and also places the family alone in order Escalloniales.
The family has eight genera:
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Anopterus''
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Eremosyne''
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Escallonia
''Escallonia'' is a genus of shrubs and trees in the family Escalloniaceae. They are native to North and South America.
Taxonomy
Currently valid species in ''Escallonia'' are:
* '' Escallonia alpina''
* '' Escallonia angustifolia''
* '' Escal ...
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Forgesia''
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Polyosma''
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Tribeles''
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Valdivia
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Additionally, genus ''
Rayenia'' was described in 2021 and placed in this family. It is closely related to ''Tribeles'' and consists of a single species (''Rayenia malalcurensis'') native to central Chile.
References
Asterid families
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