Trimeniaceae

Trimeniaceae
Trimenia weinmanniifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Order:	Austrobaileyales
Family:	Trimeniaceae L.S.Gibbs
Genera
Trimenia

Trimeniaceae is a family of flowering plants recognized by most taxonomists, at least for the past several decades. It is a small family of one genus, Trimenia, with eight known species (Christenhusz & Byng 2016^[1]) of woody plants, bearing essential oils. The family is subtropical to tropical and found in Southeast Asia, eastern Australia and on several Pacific Islands.

Taxonomy

APG IV

The APG IV system, of 2016, recognizes this family and places it in order Austrobaileyales, an order which is accepted as being among the most basal lineages in the clade angiosperms.^[2]

APG III

The APG III system, of 2009, also recognizes such a family and places it in order Austrobaileyales, an order which is accepted as being among the most basal lineages in the clade angiosperms.^[3]

APG II

The APG II system, of 2003, also recognizes such a family and places it in order Austrobaileyales, an order which is accepted as being among the most basal lineages in the clade angiosperms.

APG

The APG system, of 1998, also recognized this family, but left it unplaced as to order, and regarded it as being among the most basal lineages in the clade angiosperms.

Cronquist

The Cronquist system, of 1981, accepted this family and placed it in

the order Laurales,

in subclass Magnoliidae,

in class Magnoliopsida [=dicotyledons],

of division Magnoliophyta [=angiosperms].

Thorne

The Thorne system (1992) accepted this family and placed it in

the order Magnoliales,

in superorder Magnolianae,

in subclass Magnoliideae [=dicotyledons],

in class Magnoliopsida [=angiosperms].

Dahlgren

The Dahlgren system accepted this family and placed it in

the order Laurales,

in superorder Magnolianae,

in subclass Magnoliideae [=dicotyledons],

in class Magnoliopsida [=angiosperms].

Engler

The Engler system, in the update of 1964, accepted this family and placed it in

the order Magnoliales, which was placed

in subclass Archychlamydeae,

in class Dicotyledoneae,

in subdivision Angiospermae

References

• Trimeniaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards) The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval. Version: 3 May 2006. http://delta-intkey.com.

External links

• e-flora
• NCBI Taxonomy Browser