Basellaceae
Encyclopedia
Basellaceae is a family
of flowering plants, in the order Caryophyllales
in the clade core eudicots, according to the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group
. The family comprises some two dozen species of herbaceous plants, some with climbing habits, in four genera:
Members of economic importance include the ulluco
and the Malabar spinach.
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of flowering plants, in the order Caryophyllales
Caryophyllales
Caryophyllales is an order of flowering plants that includes the cacti, carnations, amaranths, ice plants, and many carnivorous plants. Many members are succulent, having fleshy stems or leaves.-Description:...
in the clade core eudicots, according to the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group
Angiosperm Phylogeny Group
The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, or APG, refers to an informal international group of systematic botanists who came together to try to establish a consensus on the taxonomy of flowering plants that would reflect new knowledge about plant relationships discovered through phylogenetic studies., three...
. The family comprises some two dozen species of herbaceous plants, some with climbing habits, in four genera:
- AnrederaAnrederaAnredera is a genus of five to ten species of plants native to the neotropics, most of them evergreen vines of dry scrubland and thickets.Species include:* Anredera baselloides Baill.* Anredera cordifolia Steenis...
- BasellaBasellaThe genus Basella, in the plant family Basellaceae, comprises five species. Three species are endemic to Madagascar, and one to eastern Africa.-Species:*Basella alba*Basella excavata Scott-Elliot*Basella leandriana H.Perrier...
- Boussingaultia
- Ullucus
Members of economic importance include the ulluco
Ulluco
Ulluco is a plant grown primarily as a root vegetable, secondarily as a leaf vegetable.The ulluco is one of the most widely grown and economically important root crops in the Andean region of South America, second only to the potato...
and the Malabar spinach.
External links
- Basellaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval. Version: 30 May 2006. http://delta-intkey.com
- photographs
- Basellaceae in the Flora of North America
- NCBI Taxonomy Browser
- links at CSDL