Biology:Grubbiaceae
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Short description: Family of plants, endemic to South Africa.
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| Grubbia tomentosa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Cornales |
| Family: | Grubbiaceae Endl. ex Meisn.[1] |
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The Grubbiaceae are a family of flowering plants endemic to the Cape floristic region of South Africa .[2] The family includes five species of leathery-leaved shrubs in two genera, Grubbia and Strobilocarpus.[3] They are commonly known as sillyberry.[4]
References
- ↑ 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. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x.
- ↑ Andrew Millington; Mark Blumler; Udo Schickhoff (2011-09-22). The SAGE Handbook of Biogeography. SAGE Publications. pp. 143–. ISBN 978-1-4462-5445-5. https://books.google.com/books?id=A2clqrhHUpIC&pg=PA143. Retrieved 2013-08-07. "The Cape Floristic Region in South Africa is comparatively rich in endemic flowering-plant families. Five families of angiosperms (Penaeaceae, Roridulaceae, Geissolomataceae, Grubbiaceae, and Lanariaceae) are endemic to that region ..."
- ↑ L. Watson and M. J. Dallwitz (2013-07-29). "Angiosperm families - Grubbiaceae Endl". Delta-intkey.com. http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/grubbiac.htm.
- ↑ http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/8/81/ZA_Biomes.pdf [bare URL PDF]
Wikidata ☰ Q285814 entry
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