Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Qjurious
Type:
Info
Chapter:
3-655.35.00
Brownlowiaceae
Names: Brownlowioideae.
Botany: 8 genera; ± 70 species; palaeotropical; calyx fused, bell shaped; anther basically dilated with apically contiguous anther sacs.
Genera: Berrya, Brownlowia, Carpodiptera, Christiana, Diplodiscus, Hainania, Indagator, Jarandersonia, Pentace, Pityranthe
Taxonomy
In Apg3 classification Brownlowiaceae is treated a subfamily of Malvaceae, Brownlowioideae. In the older taxonomies they were mostly included in Tiliaceae.
In the Plant theory Brownlowiaceae is treated as a family and placed in Subphase 5.