Schoepfiaceae
Encyclopedia
Schoepfiacaceae is the botanical name
for a family
of flowering plants (Schoepfiaceae Blume, 1850). Such a family has been recognized by few taxonomists; the plants in question usually being assigned to family Olacaceae
and Santalaceae
.
The genus Schoepfia
is according to molecular studies more closely related to the families Misodendraceae
and Loranthaceae
, and to uphold the criteria of monophyly it must be excluded from Olacaceae
. Further investigations have also shown that the South American genera Arjona and Quinchamalium (previously in the family Santalaceae
) are part of this family and the APG III system
, of 2009, does recognize this family with three above mentioned genera and 55 species.
Botanical name
A botanical name is a formal scientific name conforming to the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature and, if it concerns a plant cultigen, the additional cultivar and/or Group epithets must conform to the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants...
for a family
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 (Schoepfiaceae Blume, 1850). Such a family has been recognized by few taxonomists; the plants in question usually being assigned to family Olacaceae
Olacaceae
Olacaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Santalales. They are woody plants, native throughout the tropical regions of the world....
and Santalaceae
Santalaceae
Santalaceae is a widely distributed family of flowering plants which, like other members of Santalales, are partially parasitic on other plants...
.
The genus Schoepfia
Schoepfia
Schoepfia is a small genus of flowering plants belonging to the enigmatic family Schoepfiaceae. The genus has long been placed in the Olacaceae family though many researchers noted the differences between it and the rest of the family...
is according to molecular studies more closely related to the families Misodendraceae
Misodendraceae
Misodendron is a genus of hemiparasites which grow as mistletoes on various species of Nothofagus. The twelve species are all restricted to South America.Misodendron is placed in its own family, Misodendraceae, in the order Santalales...
and Loranthaceae
Loranthaceae
Loranthaceae is a family of flowering plants, which has been universally recognized by taxonomists. It consists of about 75 genera and 1,000 species of woody plants, many of them hemi-parasites, all of them except three having the mistletoe habit...
, and to uphold the criteria of monophyly it must be excluded from Olacaceae
Olacaceae
Olacaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Santalales. They are woody plants, native throughout the tropical regions of the world....
. Further investigations have also shown that the South American genera Arjona and Quinchamalium (previously in the family Santalaceae
Santalaceae
Santalaceae is a widely distributed family of flowering plants which, like other members of Santalales, are partially parasitic on other plants...
) are part of this family and the APG III system
APG III system
The APG III system of flowering plant classification is the third version of a modern, mostly molecular-based, system of plant taxonomy...
, of 2009, does recognize this family with three above mentioned genera and 55 species.