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Loganiaceae
Sign in to saveThe Loganiaceae are a family of flowering plants classified in order Gentianales. The family includes up to 13 genera, distributed around the world's tropics. There are not any great morphological characteristics to distinguish these taxa from others in the order Gentianales.
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Loganiaceae is a family within the plant kingdom, classified under the phylum Tracheophyta and class Magnoliopsida. It belongs to the order Gentianales, with Rubiales also listed as a parent taxon. The family’s taxonomic type is Logania. Common names for the group include 마전과, วงศ์กันเกรา, and 马钱科.
Records of this family are held by institutions such as IIB-UV, STDOM, CAS, IBUNAM, and BRIT. Specimens have been documented in Mexico, the United States, the Philippines, Ecuador, and Papua New Guinea. A description from Plants of the World notes that Buddleja, typically placed in Scrophulariaceae, is included in Loganiaceae.
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Species
FAMILY
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderGentianales
- FamilyLoganiaceae
馬錢科或馬錢子科（Loganiaceae）是雙子葉植物綱，龍膽目的一個科，有13屬。分佈於全世界的熱帶地區。 早期的分類方法在馬錢科內包含有29屬，某些分類系統（Takhtajan System）將其細分為四個科：Strychnaceae、Antoniaceae、Spigeliaceae、Loganiaceae。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 803
- With media
- 487
- Family
- Loganiaceae
- Collections
- IIB-UV, STDOM, CAS, IBUNAM, BRIT, MEL
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, Philippines, Ecuador, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Madagascar, Brazil
Research
681 papers- Lianas.Current biology : CB · 2018
- Decoding gelsenicine-induced neurotoxicity in mice via metabolomics and network toxicology.Phytomedicine : international journal of phytotherapy and phytopharmacology · 2025
- Molecular systematics and biogeography of Logania R.Br. (Loganiaceae).Molecular phylogenetics and evolution · 2014
- Phytochemical, anti-inflammatory and anti-trypanosomal properties of Anthocleista vogelii Planch (Loganiaceae) stem bark.Journal of ethnopharmacology · 2019
- [Gelsemium, in The Big Four].Brain and nerve = Shinkei kenkyu no shinpo · 2023
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- Logania
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- 马钱科
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- Loganiaceae
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The Loganiaceae are a family of flowering plants classified in order Gentianales. The family includes up to 13 genera, distributed around the world's tropics. There are not any great morphological characteristics to distinguish these taxa from others in the order Gentianales.
Many members of the Loganiaceae are extremely poisonous, causing death by convulsion. Poisonous properties are largely due to alkaloids such as those found in Strychnos. Glycosides are also present as loganin in Strychnos.
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