Chloranthaceae
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{{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]]
}}
}}
}}
}}
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The [[Cronquist system]] (1981) assigned the family
: to the order [[Piperales]]
:: in subclass [[Magnoliidae]]
::: in class [[Magnoliopsida]] [=[[dicotyledons]]]
:::: of division [[Magnoliophyta]] [=angiosperms].
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The [[Thorne system (1992)]] placed it
: in the order [[Magnoliales]], which was assigned
:: to superorder [[Magnolianae]]
::: in subclass Magnoliideae [=dicotyledons],
:::: in class Magnoliopsida [=angiosperms].
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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].
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==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'']
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