Torricelliaceae

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Torricelliaceae
Genera: Aralidium – Melanophylla – Torricellia
Name

Torricelliaceae Hu, Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. Bot. 5: 311. (1934)

Type genus: Torricellia DC., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 4: 257. (1830)

Synonyms

Aralidiaceae Philipson & B.C.Stone, , Taxon 29(4): 402. (1980)
Melanophyllaceae Takht. ex Airy Shaw, Kew Bull. 26(3): 492. (1972)

References

Hu, H.H. 1934. Bulletin of the Fan Memorial Institute of Biology; Botany 5: 311.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Torricelliaceae. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 26 2018.
Plunkett, G.M., Chandler, G.T., Lowry, P.P., Pinney, S.M., Sprenkle, T.S., Van Wyk, B.E. & Tilney, P.M. 2004. Recent advances in understanding Apiales with a revised classification. South African Journal of Botany 70(3): 371–381. DOI: 10.1016/S0254-6299(15)30220-9 Paywall ResearchGate. Reference page.
Stevens, P.F. 2001 onwards. Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 14, July 2017 [and more or less continuously updated since]. Online. Reference page.

Vernacular names
中文: 鞘柄木科

The Torricelliaceae are a family of trees native to Madagascar and southwest Asia. It contains three genera, Aralidium, Melanophylla and Torricellia. Under the APG II system, each of these genera was placed in its own family, but with the proviso that "Some of the families are monogeneric and could possibly be merged when well-supported sister-group relationships have been established."[1] Such a relationship was established for these three genera in 2004.[2][3] In the APG III system, these three genera constitute the family Torricelliaceae.[4]
References

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.
Plunkett, G. M.; et al. (2004). "Recent advances in understanding Apiales and a revised classification". South African Journal of Botany. 70 (3): 371–381. doi:10.1016/S0254-6299(15)30220-9.
"Apiales". Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Retrieved 2009-02-05.
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.