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Paracryphiaceae is a family of woody shrubs and trees native to
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, south-east Asia, and
New CaledoniaNew Caledonia is a special collectivity of France located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, east of Australia and about from Metropolitan France. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of...
. Under the
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, this family contains two genera: the monotypic
Paracryphia, endemic to New Caledonia; and
Quintinia, with 25 species in the
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,
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, the east coast of
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,
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and New Caledonia. It is placed in the euasterids II (campanulids) clade, but unplaced as to order.
More recent research suggests a relationship between
SphenostemonSphenostemon is the genus of small evergreen trees or shrubs native to New Guinea, Queensland and New Caledonia.-Taxonomy:The APG II system places it alone in family Sphenostemonaceae, which is in turn left unplaced as to order in the euasterids II clade .Since the release of the APG II system,...
and
Paracryphia, and therefore the
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recommends the former genus be included in Paracryphiaceae. The Angiosperm Phylogeny Website also treats this family as comprising the order
Paracryphiales which is distinguished by the
APG III systemThe APG III system of flowering plant classification is the third version of a modern, mostly molecular-based, system of plant taxonomy...
too.