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Achatocarpaceae
Sign in to saveThe Achatocarpaceae are a family of woody flowering plants consisting of two genera and 11 known species, and has been recognized by most taxonomists. The family is found from the southwestern United States south to tropical and subtropical South America.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderCaryophyllales
- FamilyAchatocarpaceae
玛瑙果科又名透镜籽科，共有2属10种，分布在美洲温暖地区，包括美国西南，拉丁美洲的热带和亚热带地区。 本科植物为小乔木或灌木；单叶互生，无托叶；花小，绿色，花瓣4-5；果实为浆果，每个浆果只有一粒种子，种子呈凸透镜形状。 以前的分类法将其分入商陆科，1981年的克朗奎斯特分类法认为应该单独分出一个科，放在石竹目中，1998年根据基因亲缘关系分类的APG 分类法和2003年经过修订的APG II 分类法维持原分类。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 7
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Achatocarpaceae
- Collections
- FA-UAS, IGL-UNAM, USP-IB, VT
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Brasil, Argentina
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The Achatocarpaceae are a family of woody flowering plants consisting of two genera and 11 known species, and has been recognized by most taxonomists. The family is found from the southwestern United States south to tropical and subtropical South America.
The APG II system (2003; unchanged from the APG system of 1998) assigns it to the order Caryophyllales in the clade core eudicots. It forms a clade together with Amaranthaceae and Caryophyllaceae, two very large families.
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