English: Figwort family.
Botany: 275 genera; 5000 species; herbs; flowers bilateral; cosmopolitan.
DD:
Magnesium.
TaxonomyIn the
Apg3 classification Scrophulariaceae is a
Family in
Lamiales. A big part of
Scrophulariaceae as defined in the Cronquist system was shown to be polyphyletic and has been transferred to other Families like
Calceolariaceae, Orobanchacea,
Plantaginaceae,
Phrymaceae and
Stilbaceae. To make
Scrophulariaceae monophyletic other Families had to be included: Buddlejaceae,
Myoporaceae and Selaginaceae.
In the
Plant theory Verbenales is split off from
Lamiales.
Scrophulariaceae is in
Subphase 4 in
Lamiales.
Subfamilies and Genera1. Hemimerideae: Alonsoa, Colpias, Diascia, Diclis, Hemimeris, Nemesia
2.1 Aptosimeae: Anticharis, Aptosimum, Peliostomum, Stemodiopsis.
2.2 Androya
2.4 Myoporeae
2.4 Leucophylleae: Capraria, Eremogeton, Leucophyllum
3.1.1 Scrophularieae: Antherothamnus, Nathaliella, Oreosolen, Rhabdotosperma, Scrophularia, Verbascum
3.1.2 Limoselleae: Agathelpis, Barthlottia, Chaenostoma, Chenopodiopsis, Cromidon, Dischisma, Glekia, Globulariopsis, Glumicalyx, Gosela, Hebenstretia, Jamesbrittenia, Limosella, Lyperia, Manulea, Manuleopsis, Melanospermum, Microdon, Phyllopodium, Polycarena, Pseudoselago, Reyemia, Selago, Strobilopsis, Sutera, Tetraselago, Trieenea, Walafrida, Zaluzianskya
3.2.1 Camptoloma
3.2.2 Phygelius
3.2.3 Teedieae: Dermatobotrys, Freylinia, Oftia, Ranopisoa, Teedia
3.2.4
Buddlejeae: Buddleja, Emorya, Gomphostigma
Uncertain: Ameroglossum, Anamaria, Boelckea, Cheilophyllum, Dolichostemon, Fonkia, Mimulicalyx, Namation, Philcoxia, Scrophucephalus