Frankeniaceae

Taxobox
name = Frankeniaceae

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image_width = 300px
image_caption = "Frankenia salina"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Caryophyllales
familia = Frankeniaceae
familia_authority = Desv. (1817)
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = see text

Frankeniaceae is the botanical name for a family of flowering plants. Such a family has been widely recognized by many taxonomists; it has commonly been assumed to be closely related to family Tamaricaceae.

The APG II system, of 2003 (unchanged from the APG system, of 1998) also recognizes such a family and assigns it to the order Caryophyllales in the clade core eudicots. The family consists of up to a hundred species in one genus ("Frankenia") or a few genera.

Species include:
*"Frankenia jamesii" - James' seaheath
*"Frankenia johnstonii" - Johnston's seaheath
*"Frankenia palmeri" - Palmer's seaheath
*"Frankenia pauciflora" - common seaheath or southern seaheath
*"Frankenia portulacifolia" - St. Helena tea
*"Frankenia pulverulenta" - European seaheath
*"Frankenia salina" - alkali seaheath
*"Frankenia thymifolia" - thyme seaheath

External links

* [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/frankeni.htm Frankeniaceae] in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). " [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/ The families of flowering plants] : descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval." Version: 2nd June 2006. http://delta-intkey.com
* [http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=1&name_str=Frankeniaceae&btnSearch=Search&chkAllFloras=on e-Floras] "
* [http://www.anbg.gov.au/images/photo_cd/frankeniaceae/ images] at Australian National Botanic Gardens
* [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Tree&id=63076&lvl=3&p=mapview&p=has_linkout&p=blast_url&p=genome_blast&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock NCBI Taxonomy Browser]