| Thurniaceae | |
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| Prionium serratum | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Thurniaceae Engl.[1] |
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TheThurniaceae are afamily offlowering plants composed of two genera with four species.[2] Thebotanical name has been recognized by most taxonomists.
TheAPG II system, of 2003, also recognizes such a family, and assigns it to the orderPoales in the cladecommelinids, in themonocots. The family consists of two genera, totalling only a few species, perennial plants of wet habitats in South America and South Africa.
This represents a slight change from theAPG system, 1998, which treated the two genera as each constituting their own family (Prioniaceae and Thurniaceae), both placed in the order Poales.
TheCronquist system of 1981 also recognized such a family and placed it in the orderJuncales in the subclassCommelinidae in classLiliopsida in divisionMagnoliophyta.
TheWettstein system, last updated in 1935, placed the family in orderLiliiflorae.
