Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Qjurious
Type:
Info
Chapter:
3-655.24.00
Sarcolaenaceae
Botany: Madagascar; 10 genera, 40 species; evergreen trees and shrubs.
Genera: Eremolaena, Leptolaena, Mediusella, Pentachlaena, Perrierodendron, Rhodolaena, Sarcolaena, Schizolaena, Xerochlamys, Xyloolaena.
Taxonomy
In the Apg3 classification Sarcolaenaceae is a subgroup with Cistaceae in Malvales. Sarcolaenaceae is close to the Dipterocarpaceae.
In the Plant theory Sarcolaenaceae is placed in Subphase 4 in the Cistales.