Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Qjurious
Type:
Info
Chapter:
3-644.27.00
Euphroniaceae
Clades: Malpighiales; Fabidae; Fabanae; Angiospermae; Plants.
Genera: 1, Euphronia.
Taxonomy
Euphronia has been variously allied with the Trigoniaceae and Vochysiaceae. Morphological data were unable to place Euphronia in a family. Molecular sequence data place Euphronia in its own family as sister to the Chrysobalanaceae, Dichapetalaceae and Trigoniaceae.
Plant theory
In the Plant theory it is included in Chrysobalanaceae.
Litt, Amy & Chase, Mark W.; The Systematic Position of Euphronia, with Comments on the Position of Balanops, An Analysis Based on rbcL Sequence Data; Systematic Botany
Vol. 23, No. 4 (Oct. - Dec., 1998), pp. 401-409; DOI: 10.2307/2419372; 1998.