Botany: 1 species,
Aphloia theiformis; evergreen shrub; East Africa,
Madagascar, Mascarene Islands, Seychelles.
TaxonomyFormerly Aphloia was included in
Flacourtiaceae.
Takhtajan created the new family
Aphloiaceae in
Violales.
The
Apg2 classification included
Aphloiaceae in the Rosidae without specifying an order.
The
Apg3 classification includes the
Aphloiaceae in
Crossosomatales.
Plant theoryIn the
Plant theory Aphloiaceae is included in
Crossosomatales.