Biology:Santalaceae

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Short description: Family of flowering plants

Santalaceae
Starr 021209-0016 Santalum ellipticum.jpg
Santalum ellipticum
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Santalales
Family: Santalaceae
R.Br.
Synonyms[1]

Viscaceae Batsch (1802)

The Santalaceae, sandalwoods, are a widely distributed family of flowering plants (including small trees, shrubs, perennial herbs, and epiphytic climbers[2]) which, like other members of Santalales, are partially parasitic on other plants. Its flowers are bisexual or, by abortion ("flower drop"), unisexual.[3] Modern treatments of the Santalaceae include the family Viscaceae (mistletoes), previously considered distinct.

The APG II system of 2003 recognises the family and assigns it to the order Santalales in the clade core eudicots. However, the circumscription by APG is much wider than accepted by previous classifications, including the plants earlier treated in families Eremolepidaceae and Viscaceae. It includes about 1,000 species in 43 genera.[4] Many have reported traditional and cultural uses, including as medicine.[5]

Genera

43 genera are accepted.[1]


Formerly placed here

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Santalaceae R.Br. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Hewson & George [et al.], Santalaceae taxonomy , 1984, pp. 191-194.
  3. Pilger, R. Santalaceae (with 17 figures). R. Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. (1810) 350, pp. 1-45.
  4. Christenhusz, M. J. M.; Byng, J. W. (2016). "The number of known plants species in the world and its annual increase". Phytotaxa (Magnolia Press) 261 (3): 201–217. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.261.3.1. http://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/download/phytotaxa.261.3.1/20598. 
  5. O'Neill, A. R.; Rana, S. K. (2019). "An ethnobotanical analysis of parasitic plants (Parijibi) in the Nepal Himalaya". Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 12 (14): 14. doi:10.1186/s13002-016-0086-y. PMID 26912113. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q327639 entry