Boryaceae

Family of flowering plants

Boryaceae
Borya constricta habitat
Borya sphaerocephala flower
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Boryaceae
M.W.Chase, Rudall & Conran[1]
Genera
  • Borya
  • Alania
Boryaceae distribution map

Boryaceae is a family of highly drought-tolerant flowering plants native to Australia, placed in the order Asparagales of the monocots.[2] The family includes two genera, with twelve species in total[3] in Australia.

Until recently, this family was not recognized by many taxonomists, with most systems putting the two genera, Borya and Alania, in the Anthericaceae or the Liliaceae. The 2016 APG IV system (unchanged from the 1998, 2003 and 2009 versions) does recognize this family and places it in the order Asparagales, in the clade monocots, based on molecular phylogenetic evidence that shows the two genera form a clade.[4]

References

  1. ^ Angiosperm Phylogeny Group III (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. ^ 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. 181 (1): 1–20. doi:10.1111/boj.12385. ISSN 0024-4074.
  3. ^ Christenhusz, M. J. M. & Byng, J. W. (2016). "The number of known plants species in the world and its annual increase". Phytotaxa. 261 (3): 201–217. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.261.3.1.
  4. ^ Duvall, M.R.; Hills, H.G.; Conran, J.G.; Cox, A.V.; Eguiarte, L.E.; Hartwell, J.; Fay, M.F.; Caddick, L.R.; Cameron, K.M.; Hoot, S. (1995). "Molecular phylogenetics of Lilianae". In Rudall, P.J.; Cribb, P.J.; Cutler, D.F.; Humphries, C.J. (eds.). Monocotyledons: systematics and evolution. Vol. 1. pp. 109–137. ISBN 9780947643836. OCLC 1123544774.

External links

  • Borya in western Australia Archived 2007-09-04 at the Wayback Machine
  • links at CSDL, Texas Archived 2007-03-10 at the Wayback Machine
  • "Boryaceae (Baker) M.W.Chase, Rudall & Conran". Atlas of Living Australia.
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Boryaceae