Biology:Sarcolaenaceae
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Short description: Family of flowering plants
| Sarcolaenaceae | |
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| Leptolaena multiflora | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Sarcolaenaceae Caruel[1] |
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The Sarcolaenaceae are a family of flowering plants endemic to Madagascar . The family includes 79 species[2] of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs in ten genera.
Recent DNA studies indicate that the Sarcolaenaceae are a sibling taxon to the family Dipterocarpaceae of Africa, South America, India , Southeast Asia and Malesia.
References
- ↑ Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III" (PDF). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161 (2): 105–121. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122630309/abstract. Retrieved 2013-07-06.
- ↑ Angiosperm Phylogeny Website, http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/APweb/, retrieved 6 March 2017
- M. Ducousso; G. Béna; C. Bourgeois; B. Buyck; G. Eyssartier; M. Vincelette; R. Rabevohitra; L. Randrihasipara et al. (2004). "The last common ancestor of Sarcolaenaceae and Asian dipterocarp trees was ectomycorrhizal before the India-Madagascar separation, about 88 million years ago". Molecular Ecology 13 (1): 231–236. doi:10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.02032.x. PMID 14653803.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q132091 entry
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