Centrolepidaceae

Centrolepidaceae are a family of flowering plants now included in Restionaceae following APG IV (2016).[2] The botanical name has been recognized by most taxonomists.

Centrolepidaceae
Centrolepis cuspidigera
Centrolepis fascicularis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Centrolepidaceae Endl.[1]
Genera
Aphelia Centrolepis Gaimardia

The APG II system, of 2003 (unchanged from the APG system, 1998), also recognises such a family, and assigns 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 (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. Archived from the original on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
2. 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
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.

External links

• Centrolepidaceae in western Australia
• Aphelia in western Australia
• Centrolepis in western Australia
• links at CSDL, Texas
• Centrolepidaceae in Flora of New Zealand.