Sarcolaenaceae

The Sarcolaenaceae are a family of flowering plants endemic to Madagascar. The family includes 79 species^[3] of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs in ten genera.

Sarcolaenaceae
Leptolaena multiflora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Sarcolaenaceae Caruel (1881) nom. cons.[1]
Genera[2]
Eremolaena Baill. Leptolaena Thouars Mediusella (Cavaco) Hutch. Pentachlaena H.Perrier Perrierodendron Cavaco Rhodolaena Thouars Sarcolaena Thouars Schizolaena Thouars Xerochlamys Baker Xyloolaena Baill.

Recent DNA studies indicate that the Sarcolaenaceae are a sibling taxon to the family Dipterocarpaceae of Africa, South America, India, Southeast Asia and Malesia.

References

1. Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 161 (2): 105–121. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x. hdl:10654/18083.
2. "Sarcolaenaceae Caruel". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
3. Angiosperm Phylogeny Website, retrieved 6 March 2017

• M. Ducousso; G. Béna; C. Bourgeois; B. Buyck; G. Eyssartier; M. Vincelette; R. Rabevohitra; L. Randrihasipara; B. Dreyfus & Y. Prin (2004). "The last common ancestor of Sarcolaenaceae and Asian dipterocarp trees was ectomycorrhizal before the India-Madagascar separation, about 88 million years ago". Molecular Ecology. 13 (1): 231–236. doi:10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.02032.x. PMID 14653803.

External links

• Images of Sarcolaenaceae in Madagascar (Missouri Botanic Garden)