Paracryphiaceae

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Paracryphiales

Familia: Paracryphiaceae
Genera: Paracryphia – Quintinia – Sphenostemon
Name

Paracryphiaceae Airy Shaw Kew Bull. 18(2): 265. (1965)
Synonyms

Heterotypic
Quintiniaceae
Sphenostemonaceae

References

Airy Shaw, H.K., 1965. Diagnoses of New Families, New Names, Etc., for the Seventh Edition of Willis's 'Dictionary'. Kew Bulletin 18(2): 249-273. DOI: 10.2307/4109246 Reference page.
Cameron, K.M. 2003. On the phylogenetic position of the New Caledonian endemic families Paracryphiaceae, Oncothecaceae, and Strasburgeriaceae: a comparison of molecules and morphology. Botanical Review, 68 (4): 428–443. JSTOR
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Paracryphiaceae in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Oct. 24. Reference page.

Vernacular names
中文: 盔被花科

The Paracryphiaceae are a family of woody shrubs and trees native to Australia, southeast Asia, and New Caledonia. In the APG III system of 2009, the family is placed in its own order, Paracryphiales, in the campanulid clade of the asterids.[1] In the earlier APG II system, the family was unplaced as to order and included only Paracryphia.[2]

As presently circumscribed, the family includes three genera:[3]

Paracryphia Baker f. – 1 species, endemic to New Caledonia
Quintinia A.DC – 25 species in the Philippines, New Guinea, the east coast of Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia; formerly placed in the Quintiniaceae
Sphenostemon Baill. – 10 species in New Guinea, Australia (Queensland) and New Caledonia; formerly placed in the Sphenostemonaceae

The evolutionary (phylogenetic) relationship of the family and its three genera is believed to be:[3]
 

	Apiales     Paracryphiaceae   Quintinia       Paracryphia     Sphenostemon         Dipsacales

 
References

Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 161 (2): 105–121. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x.
Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2003). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG II". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 141 (4): 399–436. doi:10.1046/j.1095-8339.2003.t01-1-00158.x.
Stevens, P.F., "Paracryphiaceae", Angiosperm Phylogeny Website, retrieved 2014-09-19