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Metteniusaceae

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Clade
  
Eudicots

Order
  
Metteniusales Takht.

Clade
  
Angiosperms

Clade
  
Asterids

Rank
  
Family

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Similar
  
Escalloniales, Bruniales, Garryales, Paracryphiales, Stemonuraceae

Metteniusaceae are a family of flowering plants, the only family in the order Metteniusales. It consists of about 10 genera and 50 species of trees, shrubs, and lianas, primarily of the tropics. The family was formerly restricted to just Metteniusa, but it is now expanded with a number of genera that were formerly placed in the widely polyphyletic Icacinaceae.

Genera

As of June 2016, the Angiosperm Phylogeny Website accepts 11 genera:

  • Apodytes - c. 6 species
  • Calatola - 7 species
  • Dendrobangia - 3 species
  • Emmotum - c. 10 species
  • Metteniusa - 7 species
  • Oecopetalum - 3 species
  • Ottoschulzia - 3 species
  • Pittosporopsis
  • Platea - 5 species
  • Poraqueiba - 3 species
  • Rhaphiostylis - c. 10 species
  • References

    Metteniusaceae Wikipedia