Loganiaceae

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Loganiaceae
Temporal range: Early
Ma
Strychnos nux-vomica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Loganiaceae
R.Br. ex Mart.[1]
Genera

See text

Synonyms[1]
  • Antoniaceae Hutch.
  • Geniostomataceae Struwe & V.A.Albert
  • Spigeliaceae Bercht. & J.Presl
  • Strychnaceae DC. ex Perleb

The Loganiaceae are a family of flowering plants classified in order Gentianales. The family includes up to 13 genera, distributed around the world's tropics. There are not any great morphological characteristics to distinguish these taxa from others in the order Gentianales.

Many members of the Loganiaceae are extremely poisonous, causing death by

Glycosides are also present as loganin in Strychnos.[2]

Earlier treatments of the family have included up to 29 genera. Phylogenetic studies have demonstrated that this broadly defined Loganiaceae was a

Plocospermataceae, Tetrachondraceae, Buddlejaceae, and Gesneriaceae. Some classification schemes, notably Takhtajan
's, break the remaining Loganiaceae even further, into as many as four families; Strychnaceae, Antoniaceae, Spigeliaceae and Loganiaceae.

Genera

Some sources indicate the family consists of 13 genera.[3][4] A more recent study considers some Labordia species synonymous with Geniostoma,[5] resulting in 12 genera in other sources.[6] As of November 2023 Plants of the World Online accepts 16 genera:[7]

Excluded genera

References

  1. ^ a b "Family: Loganiaceae R. Br. ex Mart., nom. cons". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2003-01-17. Archived from the original on 2012-10-10. Retrieved 2010-12-15.
  2. ISBN 019217674-9
  3. ^
    PMID 10898781
    .
  4. ^ "GRIN Genera Records of Loganiaceae". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 2004-11-18. Retrieved 2010-12-15.
  5. S2CID 85322573
    . Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  6. hdl:10654/18083
    .
  7. ^ Loganiaceae R.Br. ex Mart. Plants of the World Online. Accessed 17 November 2023.
  8. ^ "GRIN genera sometimes placed in Loganiaceae". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 2004-11-18. Retrieved 2010-12-15.
  • Struwe, L., V. A. Albert, and B. Bremer (1994). "Cladistics and family level classification of the Gentianales". Cladistics 10: 175–205.

External links

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