The Pentaphylacaceae are a small family of plants within the order Ericales. In the
APG III system of 2009, it includes the former family Ternstroemiaceae.
Genera
In 2014, the
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included 14 genera in the family:
currently includes:
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Adinandra''
Jack
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Anneslea''
Wall.
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Archboldiodendron''
Kobuski
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Balthasaria''
Verdc.
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Cleyera
''Cleyera'' is a plant genus consisting of 21 speciesThe Plant List (2013). ''Cleyera''. Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ Accessed 24 August 2020/ref> of tender, evergreen shrubs to small trees, mostly native t ...
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Thunb.
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Eurya
''Eurya'' is a genus of about 70 species of flowering plants in the family Pentaphylacaceae.
Fossil record
Several fossil seeds of ''Eurya stigmosa'' have been described from Middle Miocene strata of the Fasterholt area near Silkeborg in centra ...
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Thunb.
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Euryodendron''
Hung T.Chang
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Freziera
''Freziera'' is a Neotropical genus of trees (or rarely shrubs) in the family Pentaphylacaceae. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete):
* '' Freziera alata''
* ''Freziera angulosa''
* '' Freziera biserrata''
* '' F ...
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Sw. ex Willd.
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Pentaphylax''
Gardner & Champ.
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Poeciloneuron''
Bedd.
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Symplococarpon''
Airy Shaw
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Ternstroemia''
Mutis ex L.f.
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Visnea''
L.f.
References
Ericales families
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