Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Qjurious
Type:
Info
Chapter:
3-644.22.00
Elatinaceae
English: Waterwort family.
Clades: Malpighiales; Fabidae; Fabanae; Angiospermae; Plants.
Genera: 2, Elatine, Bergia; ± 40 species.
Taxonomy
Elatinaceae was placed in Guttiferales, Caryophyllales, Theales, Violales, Elatinales, Malpighiales, Parietales or unplaced.
Plant theory
In the Plant theory Elatinaceae is included in Malpighiaceae.
Botan
Elatine are aquatic herbs
Bergia are subshrubs to shrubs.
Leaves: opposite or whorled.
Flowers bisexual, small, single or in cymes.
Literature
Davis, Charles C.; Mark W. Chase; Elatinaceae are sister to Malpighiaceae; Peridiscaceae belong to Saxifragales; American Journal of Botany. 91 (2): 262–273; Doi:10.3732, ajb.91.2.262; 2004.