Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Wonderful Plants
Type:
Picture
Chapter:
655.12.00
655.12.00 Aphloiaceae
Botany: 1 species, Aphloia theiformis; evergreen shrub; East Africa, Madagascar, Mascarene Islands, Seychelles.
Taxonomy
Aphloia was included in Flacourtiaceae. Takhtajan saw its misplacement and 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.