Chloranthaceae 3914957 224487915 2008-07-09T01:56:04Z Kingdon 668610 don't say angiosperm twice in taxobox {{Taxobox | color = lightgreen | name = Chloranthaceae | image = Sarcandra_glabra2.jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = ''Sarcandra glabra'' | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Angiospermae]] | classis = ''see text'' | ordo = '''Chloranthales''' | ordo_authority = P. F. Stevens (2001 onwards) | familia = '''Chloranthaceae''' | familia_authority = [[Robert Brown (botanist)|R.Br.]] ex Sims (1820) | subdivision_ranks = genera | subdivision = * ''[[Ascarina]]'' * ''[[Chloranthus]]'' * ''[[Hedyosmum]]'' * ''[[Sarcandra]]'' }} '''Chloranthaceae''' is the [[botanical name]] of a family of [[flowering plants]]. The family consists of four genera, totalling several dozen species, of herbaceous or woody plants primarily occurring in the tropics and sub-tropics. Members of this family are aromatic and have opposite leaves with distinctive serrate margins and interpetiolar [[stipule]]s (similar to the stipules found in family [[Rubiaceae]]). The [[flower]]s are inconspicuous, and arranged in [[inflorescence]]s. [[Petal]]s are absent in this family, and sometimes so are [[sepal]]s. The flowers can be either hermaphrodite or of separate sexes. The fruit is [[drupe]]-like, consisting of one [[carpel]]. Chloranthaceae have been recognised as a family in most classifications but without clear relatives. Molecular systematic studies have shown that it is not closely related to any other family and is among the early-diverging lineages in the [[angiosperms]]. In particular, it is neither a [[eudicot]] nor a [[monocot]]. Fossils assigned to Chloranthaceae, or closely related, are among the oldest angiosperms known. The [[APG II system]] (2003) leaves the family unplaced as to order but Stevens (2001 onwards) accepts the order [[Chloranthales]], containing only this family. The current phylogeny is: {{clade| style=font-size:75%;line-height:75% |label1=[[Angiospermae]] |1={{clade |1=''[[Amborella]]'' |2=[[Nymphaeaceae]] |3=[[Austrobaileyales]] |4={{clade |label1=Mesangiospermae |1={{clade |1='''Chloranthaceae''' |2=[[magnoliids]] |3=''[[Ceratophyllum]]'' |4=[[monocots]] |5=[[eudicots]] }} }} }} }} ---- The [[Cronquist system]] (1981) assigned the family : to the order [[Piperales]] :: in subclass [[Magnoliidae]] ::: in class [[Magnoliopsida]] [=[[dicotyledons]]] :::: of division [[Magnoliophyta]] [=angiosperms]. <hr> The [[Thorne system (1992)]] placed it : in the order [[Magnoliales]], which was assigned :: to superorder [[Magnolianae]] ::: in subclass Magnoliideae [=dicotyledons], :::: in class Magnoliopsida [=angiosperms]. <hr> The [[Dahlgren system]] raised the family to be : its own order [[Chloranthales]], which was assigned :: to superorder Magnolianae ::: in subclass Magnoliideae [=dicotyledons], :::: in class Magnoliopsida [=angiosperms]. <hr> ==External links :== *[http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/APweb/orders/chloranthalesweb.htm#Chloranthales Chloranthales] in Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). [http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/APweb Angiosperm Phylogeny Website]. Version 7, May 2006. * [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/chlorant.htm Chloranthaceae] in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards) ''[http://delta-intkey.com/angio/ The families of flowering plants:] descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval''. Version: 3rd May 2006. http://delta-intkey.com. * [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=201&taxon_id=10187 ''Andes Trees''] * [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Tree&id=16737&lvl=3&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock NCBI Taxonomy Browser] * [http://www.alpine-plants-jp.com/art/index_senryouka.htm Images of ''Chloranthus''] Flavon's art gallery: Chloranthaceae * [http://www.mygarden.me.uk/Chloranthus%20oldhamii%20BSWJ6788.jpg Image of ''Chloranthus oldhamii''] * [http://planteliste.net/slides/chloranthus_sp.html Image of ''Chloranthus serratus''] * [http://biotech.tipo.gov.tw/plantjpg/1/Sarcandra%20glabra.jpg Images of ''Sarcandra glabra''] [[Category:Chloranthaceae]] [[Category:plant families]] [[ca:Clorantàcia]] [[da:Chloranthales]] [[de:Chloranthaceae]] [[es:Chloranthaceae]] [[fr:Chloranthaceae]] [[hu:Chloranthales]] [[nl:Chloranthaceae]] [[ja:センリョウ科]] [[no:Sandliljefamilien]] [[pl:Chloranthales]] [[pt:Chloranthaceae]] [[sr:Chloranthaceae]] [[fi:Chloranthales]] [[vi:Họ Hoa sói]] [[zh:金粟兰科]]