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Aquifoliaceae[1] |
The Aquifoliales are an order of flowering plants, including most notably the Aquifoliaceae, or holly family, and also the Helwingiaceae (2-5 species of temperate Asian shrubs) and the Phyllonomaceae (4 species of Central American trees and shrubs). In 2001, the families Stemonuraceae and Cardiopteridaceae were added to this order. [2] This circumscription of Aquifoliales was recognized by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group when they published the APG II system in 2003. In the Cronquist system, there is no Aquifoliales order: the Aquifoliaceae are placed within the order Celastrales and the others are in other families.
References
- ^ a b c "Aquifoliales". Madagascar Catalogue. http://efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=12&start_taxon_id=1023.
- ^ Kårehed, Jesper (2001). "Multiple origin of the tropical forest tree family Icacinaceae". American Journal of Botany 88: 2259–2274. doi:. http://www.amjbot.org/cgi/content/full/88/12/2259.
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