Achatocarpaceae

Taxobox


image_caption = Achatocarpaceae plants of genus Achatocarpus
name = Achatocarpaceae
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Caryophyllales
familia = Achatocarpaceae
familia_authority = Heimerl
subdivision_ranks = genera
subdivision = See text

Achatocarpaceae is a family of woody flowering plants. The family consists of two genera and ten species, and has been recognized by most taxonomists. It is found from the southwest United States south to tropical and subtropical South America.

The APG II system (2003; unchanged from the APG system of 1998) assigns it to the order Caryophyllales in the clade core eudicots.

;Genera
* "Achatocarpus" Triana
* "Phaulothamnus" A.Gray

According to the [http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/APweb/welcome.html AP-Website] it forms a clade together with the families Amaranthaceae and Caryophyllaceae, two very large families.

External links

* [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/achatoca.htm Achatocarpaceae] in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/ "The families of flowering plants"]
* [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=10007 Flora of North America: Achatocarpaceae]
* [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Tree&id=25636&lvl=3&p=mapview&p=has_linkout&p=blast_url&p=genome_blast&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock NCBI Taxonomy Browser]
* [http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/cgi/gateway_family?fam=Achatocarpaceae links at CSDL]