Dasypogonaceae

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Dasypogonaceae
Kingia australis in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Cranbourne
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Dasypogonaceae
Dumort.
Genera

Dasypogonaceae is a

Kingia australis
.

The 2016 APG IV system places the family in the order Arecales, after several studies revealed the family as a sister taxon to Arecaceae, the palm family.[2] Other authors find that the placement of Dasypogonaceae remains undetermined, due to conflicting models, and leave it in an order of its own, the Dasypogonales.[3]

The earlier

monocots
, the broad group to which, in any event, these plants clearly belong.

Phylogeny

Studies have confirmed the

monophyletic character of the grouping.[5] The following is a phylogenetic tree of the family.[6]

Dasypogonaceae

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