Pentaphylacaceae

Taxobox
name = Pentaphylacaceae


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regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Ericales
familia = Pentaphylacaceae Engl.
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = See text.

Pentaphylacaceae Engl. is a family of flowering plants, with one or two species which are shrubs and small trees. The species has simple evergreen leaves that are alternately arranged on the stems. The flower pistil is 5 celled and the anthers dehiscing via pores and basifixed.Flowers have five petals and five sepals that are distinct from each other and five stamens attached oppositely to the sepals. The Seeds are winged.

Native from Tropical areas of South China to Malay Peninsula and Sumatra.

Species include:"Pentaphylax euryoides" [ [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200012749 Pentaphylax euryoides in Flora of China @ efloras.org ] ]

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of this species and the family is currently problematic, due mostly to a shortage of information. Included here is some classifications given by different botanists:
*Shorta Subclass Dicotyledonae; Crassinucelli (?).
*Dahlgren's Superorder Theiflorae (?); Theales (?).
*Cronquist’s Subclass Dilleniidae; Theales.
*Angiosperm_Phylogeny_Group (1998) family of uncertain position at the highest group level. Only one genus in the family: "Pentaphylax". [ [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/paracryp.htm Angiosperm Families - Paracryphiaceae Airy Shaw ] ]
* subfamily Ternstroemioideae within the Theaceae. [ [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=10662 Pentaphylacaceae in Flora of China @ efloras.org ] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.plant.ac.cn/latin/Pentaphylacaceae/Pentaphylax-euryoides-Gardn-et-Champ.htm Picture]