The Torricelliaceae are a
family
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of
tree
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s
native
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to
Madagascar
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and
southwest Asia
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. It contains three
genera
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, ''
Aralidium
''Aralidium'' is a genus in the plant family Torricelliaceae. It includes the single species ''Aralidium pinnatifidum'', a small tree or shrub distributed in southeastern Asia, Malaysia, and Indonesia.
Taxonomic placement of this genus has pr ...
'', ''
Melanophylla
''Melanophylla'' is a genus of flowering plants endemic to Madagascar. The genus contains seven species of small trees and shrubs.
Under the APG II system this genus was placed alone in family Melanophyllaceae, but with the rider that " me o ...
'' and ''
Torricellia
''Torricellia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Torricelliaceae
The Torricelliaceae are a family of trees native to Madagascar and southwest Asia. It contains three genera, '' Aralidium'', '' Melanophylla'' and '' Torric ...
''. Under 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 ...
, each of these genera was placed in its own family, but with the proviso that "Some of the families are monogeneric and could possibly be merged when well-supported sister-group relationships have been established."
Such a relationship was established for these three genera in 2004.
In 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 Published in 2009, it was superseded in 2016 by a fu ...
, these three genera constitute the family Torricelliaceae.
[Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009)]
An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III
''Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society'' 161(2): 105-121.
References
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Missouri Botanical Garden Website
Asterid families
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