Vochysiaceae
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| Vochysia herbacea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Vochysiaceae A.St.-Hil. |
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Vochysiaceae is a plant family belonging to the order Myrtales.
Description
[edit]Trees or shrubs with opposite leaves; flowers are zygomorph 1-(3)-5 merous; ovary inferior or superior; one fertile stamen; fruits samara or capsules.
Biogeography
[edit]Six of the eight genera are native to the Neotropics. The genera Erismadelphus and Korupodendron are native to West and Central Africa.
Evolutionary history
[edit]The family likely originated in South America. Erismadelphus is thought to have diverged from Erisma approximately 30 million years ago, and traveled to Africa as the result of long-distance dispersal.
Systematics
[edit]Vochysiaceae are closest to Myrtaceae.[1] Vochysiaceae consist of 7 genera with 217 species. The family is classified into two tribes:
Tribe Erismeae : one inferior ovary and winged fruits
- Erisma Rudge (20 species)
- Erismadelphus Mildbr. (2 species)
- Korupodendron Litt & Cheek (1 species)
Tribe Vochysieae: three fused superior ovaries and capsule fruits
- Callisthene Mart. (10 species)
- Qualea Aubl. (60 species)
- Salvertia A.St.-Hil. (1 species)
- Ruizterania Marc.-Bert. (19 species)
- Vochysia Aubl. (105 species)
The genus Euphronia, previously included in Vochysiaceae, is unrelated and now stands alone in the family Euphroniaceae, more closely related to the family Chrysobalanaceae.
References
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- ^ Conti, E., A. Litt, P.G. Wilson, S.A Graham, B.G. Briggs, L.A.S. Johnson, K.J. Sytsma. 1997. Interfamiliar relationships in Myrtales: molecular phylogeny and patterns of morphological evolution. Systematic Botany 22: 629-647
- Family of Vochysiaceae link APWebsite. (engl.)
- Amy Litt & Dennis W. Stevenson: Floral development and morphology of Vochysiaceae. I. The structure of the gynoecium in American Journal of Botany, 90, 2003, S. 1533-1547: Online.
- M. L. Kawasaki: Vochysiaceae, S. 480–487 in Klaus Kubitzki: The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, Volume 9, Flowering Plants - Eudicots, Springer Berlin, Heidelberg, 2007, ISBN 978-3-540-32214-6.
- F. Carnevale Neto et al.: Vochysiaceae: secondary metabolites, ethnopharmacology and pharmacological potential, "Phytochemistry Reviews" (Print), v. 10, p. 413-429, 2011, DOI: 10.1007/s11101-011-9213-5.
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