Velloziaceae

Taxobox
name = Velloziaceae

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image_width = 230px
image_caption = "Talbotia elegans" / "Vellozia elegans"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Pandanales
familia = Velloziaceae
familia_authority = Hook.
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision =
* "Barbacenia"
* "Barbaceniopsis"
* "Nanuza"
* "Pleurostima"
* "Vellozia"
* "Xerophyta"

Velloziaceae is a botanical name for a family of flowering plants. Such a family has been recognized by many taxonomists.

The APG II system, of 2003 (unchanged from the APG system, 1998), also recognizes this family, and assigns it to the order Pandanales in the clade monocots. The most important genera will be :
*"Barbacenia" Vand.
*"Vellozia" Vand.
*"Xerophyta" Juss.

External links

* [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/vellozia.htm Velloziaceae] in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). " [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/ The families of flowering plants] : descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval." http://delta-intkey.com
* [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Tree&id=16376&lvl=3&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock NCBI Taxonomy Browser]
* [http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/cgi/gateway_family?fam=Velloziaceae links at CSDL, Texas]