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Penaeaceae
Sign in to saveThe Penaeaceae are a family of evergreen, leathery-leaved shrubs and small trees, native to South Africa. The family has 29 species in 9 genera. The family Penaeaceae was expanded under the APG III system of classification with the inclusion of the genera Olinia (formerly in the monogeneric Oliniaceae) and the single species from the genus Rhynchocalyx (formerly in the monogeneric Rhynchocalycaceae).
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMyrtales
- FamilyPenaeaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 5
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Penaeaceae
- Collections
- RSA, IGL-UNAM, MO, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- South Africa, Mexico, Angola
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- family
- taxon name
- Penaeaceae
- taxon common name
- 管萼木科
- taxon synonym
- Rhynchocalycaceae
- taxonomic type
- Penaea
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The Penaeaceae are a family of evergreen, leathery-leaved shrubs and small trees, native to South Africa. The family has 29 species in 9 genera. The family Penaeaceae was expanded under the APG III system of classification with the inclusion of the genera Olinia (formerly in the monogeneric Oliniaceae) and the single species from the genus Rhynchocalyx (formerly in the monogeneric Rhynchocalycaceae).
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Penaeaceae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.