| Vochysiaceae | |
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| Vochysia herbacea | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Vochysiaceae A.St.-Hil. |
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Vochysiaceae is a plant family belonging to the orderMyrtales.
Trees or shrubs with opposite leaves; flowers arezygomorph 1-(3)-5merous; ovary inferior or superior; one fertile stamen; fruitssamara orcapsules.
Seven of the nine genera are native to theNeotropics. The generaErismadelphus andKorupodendron are native to West and Central Africa.
The family likely originated inSouth America.Erismadelphus is thought to have diverged fromErisma approximately 30 million years ago, and traveled toAfrica as the result of long-distance dispersal.
Vochysiaceae are closest toMyrtaceae.[2] Vochysiaceae consist of 9 genera with about 250 species.[1] The family is classified into two tribes:
Tribe Erismeae : one inferior ovary and winged fruits
Tribe Vochysieae: three fused superior ovaries and capsule fruits
The genusEuphronia, previously included in Vochysiaceae, is unrelated and now stands alone in the familyEuphroniaceae, more closely related to the familyChrysobalanaceae.
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