Flagellaria

Flagellaria
Flagellaria indica[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Flagellariaceae
Dumort.[2]
Genus: Flagellaria
L.

Flagellaria is the sole genus in the flowering plant family Flagellariaceae with only four species.[3] The family has historically been recognized by few taxonomists. The APG II system, of 2003 (unchanged from the APG system, 1998), does recognize such a family, and assigns it to the order Poales in the clade commelinids, in the monocots.

Flagellaria consists of only four known species, found in the tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, Africa, Australia, and various island of the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

Species
  1. Flagellaria gigantea Hook.f. - Bismarck Archipelago, Samoa, Niue, Fiji
  2. Flagellaria guineensis Schumach. - tropical and southern Africa, Madagascar
  3. Flagellaria indica L. - Asia, Papuasia, Australia, Micronesia, Madagascar, Seychelles, Mauritius, Réunion, Rodrigues Island, Mozambique, Tanzania
  4. Flagellaria neocaledonica Schltr. - Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Fiji

References

  1. 1809 illustration from Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759-1840) - Les liliacées vol. 5 pl. 257 (http://www.botanicus.org/page/300196)
  2. Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III" (PDF). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 161 (2): 105–121. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
  3. Christenhusz, M. J. M.; Byng, J. W. (2016). "The number of known plants species in the world and its annual increase". Phytotaxa. Magnolia Press. 261 (3): 201–217. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.261.3.1.
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