Centrolepidaceae

Centrolepidaceae was a family of flowering plants now included in Restionaceae following APG IV (2016).^[1] The botanical name has been recognized by most taxonomists.

Centrolepis cuspidigera

Centrolepis fascicularis

The APG III system of 2009 recognized the family,^[2] as did the APG II system of 2003 and the APG system of 1998), and assigned it to the order Poales in the clade commelinids in the monocots.

The family was regarded as containing three genera, Aphelia, Centrolepis, and Gaimardia,^[3] with about 35 species total, found in Australia, New Zealand, southern South America and Southeast Asia.^[4]

References

1. Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016), "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG IV", Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 161 (2): 105–20, doi:10.1111/boj.12385
2. 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.
3. Cooke, D.A. (1998) Centrolepidaceae. In Kubitzki, K. (ed) Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 4: 106–109. (Springer Verlag: Berlin).
4. Ford, Kerry A. (2014). "Centrolepidaceae. In: Breitwieser, I.; Brownsey, P.J.; Heenan, P.B.; Wilton, A.D. Flora of New Zealand – Seed Plants. Fascicle 2". nzflora.info. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

External links

• links at CSDL, Texas 26 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine
• Centrolepidaceae [1] in Flora of New Zealand.