Peridiscaceae

Taxobox
name = Peridiscaceae
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Saxifragales
familia = Peridiscaceae
familia_authority = Kuhlm.
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision =
*"Peridiscus" Benth.
*"Soyauxia" Oliv.
*"Whittonia" Sandwith

Peridiscaceae is a neotropical family of flowering plants, consisting of 2 monotypic genera from Amazonia, but according to Soltis et al. the genus "Soyauxia" from Africa should be placed in this family. Soltis, D. E.; Clayton, J. W.; Davis, C. C.; Gitzendanner, M. A.; Cheek, M.; Savolainen, V.; Amorim, A. M.; Soltis, P. S. (2007):Monophyly and relationships of the enigmatic family Peridiscaceae. "Taxon" 56(1):65-73.]

In the Cronquist system, this family was classified in the order Violales and in APG II in Malpighiales, but nowadays should be included in Saxifragales. cite journal| author = Davis, C. C. & Chase, M. W. |year = 2004|title = Elatinaceae are sister to Malpighiaceae; Peridiscaceae belong to Saxifragales.|journal = American Journal of Botany|volume = 91|pages = 262–273 | url = http://www.amjbot.org/cgi/reprint/91/2/262 | format = PDF| accessdate = 2007-07-01|doi = 10.3732/ajb.91.2.262] cite book| last = Kubitzki| first = K.(Editor)| title = The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants Vol. 9| publisher = Springer-Verlag | date = 2007| location = Berlin, Germany| isbn = 978-3-54032214-6]

References

External links

* [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/peridisc.htm Peridiscaceae] in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/ The families of flowering plants] : descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval.