Icacinaceae
| Icacinaceae | |
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| Icacina oliviformis | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Icacinales |
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Icacinaceae Miers |
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The Icacinaceae are a family of flowering plants, consisting of trees, shrubs, and lianas, primarily of the tropics.
The family was traditionally circumscribed quite broadly, with around 55 genera totalling over 400 species. In 2001, though, this circumscription was found to be polyphyletic, and the family was split into four families in three different orders: Icacinaceae sensu stricto (then unplaced at order rank), Pennantiaceae (Apiales), Stemonuraceae (Aquifoliales) and Cardiopteridaceae (also Aquifoliales). Other genera have later been moved to Metteniusaceae (Metteniusales), so that Icacinaceae now include c. 23 genera and 160 species. One genus was described as late as 2005.Icacina senegalensis extracts have shown activity against malaria parasites. Icacinaceae belongs to the order Icacinales along with Oncothecaceae.
List according to Stull et al. (2015)
In 1841, George Bentham described Apodytes and Pogopetalum as new genera and united them with Icacina, Gomphandra, and Leretia to create the tribe Icacineae of what would later be called the family Olacaceae. Olacaceae was at that time, and through the 20th century, defined broadly, encompassing several families in the order Santalales.Pogopetalum was later synonymized with Emmotum.
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