| Barbeuia | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Barbeuiaceae Nakai[1] |
| Genus: | Barbeuia Thouars |
| Species: | B. madagascariensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Barbeuia madagascariensis | |
Barbeuia madagascariensis is aliana found only on the island ofMadagascar.
Barbeuia has occasionally been placed in its ownfamily,Barbeuiaceae. TheAPG II system of 2003, for instance, recognizes such a family and assigns it to the orderCaryophyllales in the cladecore eudicots, afterPhilippe Cuénoud sequenced a fragment of thematK gene (extracted from a seed deposited in theKew Herbarium) and showed thatBarbeuia does not belong in Phytolaccaceae.[2] This represents a change from theAPG system, of 1998, which did not recognize Barbeuiaceae as a family, for lack of molecular data.
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