| Chrysobalanaceae | |
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| Maranthes polyandra | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Chrysobalanaceae R.Br.[1] |
| Genera | |
Chrysobalanaceae is a family offlowering plants, consisting of trees andshrubs in 27 genera and about 700 species[2] ofpantropical distribution with acentre of diversity in the Amazon.[3] Some of the species containsilica in their bodies for rigidity and so the mesophyll often has sclerenchymatousidioblasts. The widespread speciesChrysobalanus icaco produces a plum-like fruit and the plant is commonly known as the coco plum.
The family was traditionally placed as subfamily Chrysobalanoideae in the rose family (Rosaceae) or as a family in the rose order and exceptionally as an order inMyrtiflorae by Dahlgren.[4][5] In the phenotypic cladistic analysis of Nandi et al., it branched withElaeagnaceae as sister group ofPolygalaceae, in their molecular cladistic analysis it was inMalpighiales and also in their combined analysis.[6]
As of February 2023[update],Plants of the World Online accepted the following genera:[7]
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