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Iteaceae
Iteaceae is a flowering plant family of trees and shrubs native to the eastern USA, southeastern Africa, and south and Southeastern Asia. Some older taxonomic systems place the genus Itea in the family Grossulariaceae. The APG III system of 2009 includes the former Pterostemonaceae in Iteaceae. Consequently, it now has two genera with a total of 18 known species.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderSaxifragales
- FamilyIteaceae
Observations recorded23,369
鼠刺科只有1属约18种，主要分布在北美洲东部，南非东部、东亚和东南亚，中国南方也有部分种类。 鼠刺属原来被分在南鼠刺科内，1998年根据基因亲缘关系分类的APG 分类法认为它和南鼠刺科的其他属并没有亲缘关系，因此单独分为一科。
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Iteaceae is a flowering plant family of trees and shrubs native to the eastern USA, southeastern Africa, and south and Southeastern Asia. Some older taxonomic systems place the genus Itea in the family Grossulariaceae. The APG III system of 2009 includes the former Pterostemonaceae in Iteaceae. Consequently, it now has two genera with a total of 18 known species.
==Fossil record== The family is known from fossil flowers dating to the Turonian age of the Late Cretaceous that have been found in the Raritan Formation, New Jersey and from leaves dating to the Eocene found in the Klondike Mountain Formation, Washington.