Macarthuriaceae
Family of flowering plants From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Family of flowering plants From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Macarthuriaceae is a family of plants in the order Caryophyllales and consists of a single genus, Macarthuria.
| Macarthuriaceae | |
|---|---|
| |
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| Macarthuria australis Hügel ex Endl.[1] | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Macarthuriaceae Christenh.[2][3] |
| Type genus | |
| Macarthuria | |
| Genera | |
Macarthuriaceae are rigid or wiry, rush-like herbs or subshrubs with green stems and reduced leaves.[3][5] The small flowers have five perianth members, sometimes also five "petals", and eight stamens fused at the base.[5]
In 2009, Macarthuria was placed with Limeum in the Limeaceae, based on its morphology, but at that time no molecular material of Macarthuria had been examined.[6] Prior to this, Endress and Bittrich had placed it in the family Molluginaceae.[7] However, in 2011, molecular evidence was published, showing that Macarthuria is sister to all core Caryophyllales.[8][9] Thus, Macarthuria needed to be placed in a family of its own, Macarthuriaceae.[3][2]
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