Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Wonderful Plants
Type:
Family
Chapter:
664.57.00
664.57.00 Mitrastemonaceae
Botany: 1 genus, Mitrastema; 2 species; root endoparasites, growing on Fagaceae; Central America, Southeast Asia, Japan.
Taxonomy
Mitrastema was originally placed within the order Rafflesiales. In the Apg3 classification Mitrastemonaceae is placed in Ericales.
In the plant theory Mitrastemonaceae is placed in Ericidae, in the Order Styracales, in Phase 5. Mitrastemonaceae is placed in Subphase 7.