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The Muntingiaceae are a family of flowering plants, belonging to the rosid order Malvales. The family consists of three genera: Dicraspidia, Muntingia, and Neotessmannia, each with a single species. They are woody plants of the tropical regions of America. The older Cronquist system placed these genera in the family Tiliaceae, with which they share morphological similarities, but have no evolutionary affinity. Muntingia calabura is widely introduced in tropical regions, because of its edible fruit. Dicraspidia donnell-smithii and Neotessmannia uniflora are the other two species in the family,

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Within Vinony's link graph, Muntingiaceae is referenced by 431 other articles, and connects out to Asterids, Vitaceae and Rosids.

Vinony files it under Malvales families, Muntingiaceae and Taxonbars with 20–24 taxon IDs.

Its subject is documented across 31 Wikipedia language editions.

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  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderMalvales
  5. FamilyMuntingiaceae
Observations recorded22,855

La petite famille des Muntingiacées regroupe des plantes dicotylédones, appartenant à l'ordre des Malvales ; elle comprend 2-3 espèces réparties en 2-3 genres. Ce sont des arbres ou des arbustes, originaires d'Amérique tropicale. Son représentant le plus caractéristique, le cerisier de la Jamaïque (Muntingia calabura) est largement introduit dans toutes les régions tropicales et donne des fruits comestibles. Sommaire 1 Étymologie 2 Classification 3 Liste des genres 4 Liste des espèces 5 Notes et références 6 Liens externes Étymologie Le nom vient du genre type Muntingia, donné en hommage au botaniste allemand Abraham Munting (en) (1626–1683), professeur de botanique à Groningen, qui succéda à son père à la direction du jardin botanique Hortus Haren (en), poste qui, à son décès, fut à son tour occupé par son fils[1]. Classification En classification classique de Cronquist (1981) cette famille n'existe pas, les genres qu'elle contient étant classés dans la famille des Tiliacées. La classification phylogénétique APG (1998) en fait une famille particulière classée dans l'ordre des Malvales. Liste des genres Selon Angiosperm Phylogeny Website (16 octobre 2016)[2] et DELTA Angio (16 octo

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The Muntingiaceae are a family of flowering plants, belonging to the rosid order Malvales. The family consists of three genera: Dicraspidia, Muntingia, and Neotessmannia, each with a single species. They are woody plants of the tropical regions of America. The older Cronquist system placed these genera in the family Tiliaceae, with which they share morphological similarities, but have no evolutionary affinity. Muntingia calabura is widely introduced in tropical regions, because of its edible fruit. Dicraspidia donnell-smithii and Neotessmannia uniflora are the other two species in the family, the latter only known from herbarium specimens.

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