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Lardizabalaceae is a family
Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is a taxonomic rank. Exact details of formal nomenclature depend on the Nomenclature Codes which applies....
 of flowering plants.

The family has been universally recognized by taxonomists, including the APG II system
APG II system

A modern list of systems of plant taxonomy, the APG II system of plant classification was published in 2003 by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, APG, in...
 (2003; unchanged from the APG system
APG system

A modern list of systems of plant taxonomy, the APG system of plant classification was published in 1998 by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. The system is unusual in being based, not on total evidence, but on the cladistics analysis of the DNA sequences of three genes, two chloroplast genes and one gene coding for ribosomes....
 of 1998), which places it in the order Ranunculales
Ranunculales

Ranunculales is an order of flowering plants. Of necessity it contains the family Ranunculaceae, the buttercup family.The APG system and the APG II system both recognize the order and place it among the basal eudicots, not assigned to a further clade....
, in the clade eudicots
Eudicots

Eudicots and Eudicotyledons are terms introduced by Doyle & Hotton to refer to a group of flowering plants that had been called "tricolpates" or "non-Magnoliid dicots" by previous authors....
.

The family consist of 8-9 genera with 30-50 species of woody plant
Woody plant

A woody plant is a Vascular tissue plant that has a Perennial plant Plant stem that is above ground and covered by a layer of thickened bark. Woody plants are adapted to survive from one year to the next; the stem supports continued vegetative growth above ground from one year to next....
s. All are liana
Liana

The liana is any of various long-stemmed, usually woody vines that are rooted in the soil at ground level and use trees, as well as other means of vertical support, to climb up to the canopy in order to get access to well-lit areas of the forest....
s, save Decaisnea
Decaisnea

Decaisnea is a genus of flowering plant in the family Lardizabalaceae, native to eastern Asia, from China west to Nepal and south to Myanmar....
, which are pachycaul shrub
Shrub

A shrub or bush is a horticulture rather than strictly Botany category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 5-6 m tall....
s. The leaves
Leaf

In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant Organ specialized for photosynthesis. For this purpose, a leaf is typically flat and thin, to expose the cells containing chloroplast to light over a broad area, and to allow light to penetrate fully into the tissues....
 are alternate, and compound (usually palmate), with pulvinate leaflets.






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Lardizabalaceae is a family
Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is a taxonomic rank. Exact details of formal nomenclature depend on the Nomenclature Codes which applies....
 of flowering plants.

The family has been universally recognized by taxonomists, including the APG II system
APG II system

A modern list of systems of plant taxonomy, the APG II system of plant classification was published in 2003 by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, APG, in...
 (2003; unchanged from the APG system
APG system

A modern list of systems of plant taxonomy, the APG system of plant classification was published in 1998 by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. The system is unusual in being based, not on total evidence, but on the cladistics analysis of the DNA sequences of three genes, two chloroplast genes and one gene coding for ribosomes....
 of 1998), which places it in the order Ranunculales
Ranunculales

Ranunculales is an order of flowering plants. Of necessity it contains the family Ranunculaceae, the buttercup family.The APG system and the APG II system both recognize the order and place it among the basal eudicots, not assigned to a further clade....
, in the clade eudicots
Eudicots

Eudicots and Eudicotyledons are terms introduced by Doyle & Hotton to refer to a group of flowering plants that had been called "tricolpates" or "non-Magnoliid dicots" by previous authors....
.

The family consist of 8-9 genera with 30-50 species of woody plant
Woody plant

A woody plant is a Vascular tissue plant that has a Perennial plant Plant stem that is above ground and covered by a layer of thickened bark. Woody plants are adapted to survive from one year to the next; the stem supports continued vegetative growth above ground from one year to next....
s. All are liana
Liana

The liana is any of various long-stemmed, usually woody vines that are rooted in the soil at ground level and use trees, as well as other means of vertical support, to climb up to the canopy in order to get access to well-lit areas of the forest....
s, save Decaisnea
Decaisnea

Decaisnea is a genus of flowering plant in the family Lardizabalaceae, native to eastern Asia, from China west to Nepal and south to Myanmar....
, which are pachycaul shrub
Shrub

A shrub or bush is a horticulture rather than strictly Botany category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 5-6 m tall....
s. The leaves
Leaf

In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant Organ specialized for photosynthesis. For this purpose, a leaf is typically flat and thin, to expose the cells containing chloroplast to light over a broad area, and to allow light to penetrate fully into the tissues....
 are alternate, and compound (usually palmate), with pulvinate leaflets. The flower
Flower

A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproduction structure found in flowering plants . The biological function of a flower is to mediate the union of male sperm with female ovum in order to produce seeds....
s are often in drooping racemes.

They are found in eastern Asia
Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area and, with over 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population....
, from the Himalayas to Japan, with the exception of the genera Lardizabala
Lardizabala

Lardizabala is a genus of flowering plants of 1-2 species of evergreen lianas, native to temperate forests of central and southern Chile.It comprises Lardizabala biternata Ruiz & Pav, known as Voqui c?g?il, Voqui coille, Cog?ilera, Coiye, Coille, in Chile; which is grown for its edible fruits and ornamental flowers; and...
 and Boquila
Boquila

Boquila is a genus of flowering plant in the Lardizabalaceae family....
, both native to southern South America
South America

South America is the southern continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere....
 (Chile
Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow coastal strip wedged between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean....
, and Boquila also in adjacent western Argentina
Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
).

Selected genera
  • Akebia
    Akebia

    Akebia is a genus of just two species of flowering plant, within the family Lardizabalaceae. The scientific name, akebia, is a Latinization of the Japanese language name for species Akebia quinata: ....
     Decne.
  • Archakebia C.Y.Wu , T.C.Chen & H.N.Qin (included in Holboellia by some authors)
  • Boquila
    Boquila

    Boquila is a genus of flowering plant in the Lardizabalaceae family....
     Decne.
  • Decaisnea
    Decaisnea

    Decaisnea is a genus of flowering plant in the family Lardizabalaceae, native to eastern Asia, from China west to Nepal and south to Myanmar....
     Hook.f. & Thomson
  • Holboellia
    Holboellia

    Holboellia is a genus of flowering plant in the Lardizabalaceae family. There are twenty species in the genus, all restricted to Southeast Asia, the Himalayas and China....
     Wall.
  • Lardizabala
    Lardizabala

    Lardizabala is a genus of flowering plants of 1-2 species of evergreen lianas, native to temperate forests of central and southern Chile.It comprises Lardizabala biternata Ruiz & Pav, known as Voqui c?g?il, Voqui coille, Cog?ilera, Coiye, Coille, in Chile; which is grown for its edible fruits and ornamental flowers; and...
     Ruiz & Pav.
  • Sargentodoxa Rehder & E.H.Wilson (sometimes placed in its own family Sargentodoxaceae)
  • Sinofranchetia
    Sinofranchetia

    Sinofranchetia is a genus of flowering plant in the Lardizabalaceae family....
     (Diels) Hemsl.
  • Stauntonia
    Stauntonia

    Stauntonia is a genus of flowering plant in the Lardizabalaceae family....
     DC.


External links

  • in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). .