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Columelliaceae
Family of flowering plants / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Columelliaceae is a family of trees and shrubs native to the Andes of South America.[3][4][5]
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Columelliaceae | |
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Desfontainia spinosa[1] | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Bruniales |
Family: | Columelliaceae D.Don[2] |
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In the APG II taxonomy it is placed in the order Lamiales,[2] but a 2008 study suggested that the family is sister to the Bruniaceae,[6] and the Angiosperm Phylogeny Website proposes incorporating this finding by placing both families in order Bruniales.[3] The APG III system of 2009 thus does place Columelliaceae in the Bruniales.