| Peraceae | |
|---|---|
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| Fruits ofPera glabrata | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Peraceae Klotzsch |
| Genera | |
PeraceaeKlotzsch[1] is afamily offlowering plants in theeudicotorderMalpighiales. The family was segregated from the Euphorbiaceae by Johann Friedrich Klotzsch in 1859, and its uniqueness was affirmed by theRoyal Botanic Gardens, Kew'sEuphorbiaceae expert,Airy Shaw.
The family is accepted inAPG IV (2016), but was not recognized in earlierAngiosperm Phylogeny Group III which considered that the recognition of the family may be necessary for amonophyletic Euphorbiaceae, but said that a formal recognition awaited additional molecular and morphological studies of the family.[2]
The family includes 127 species in five genera:[3]Chaetocarpus,Clutia,Pera,Pogonophora, andTrigonopleura, based on molecular and morphological characteristics.[4][5][6]
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