Tiliaceae
Tiliaceae (
All through its existence the family has had a very lively history, with various authors taking very different views on what should be part of this family. As a result, it is recommended when this name is encountered to check what the author means.
However, in the northern temperate regions the name is unambiguous as the only representative is Tilia, the lime or linden.
APG II system
The
de Candolle system
In the de Candolle system the circumscription of the family was:
- family Tiliaceae
- genus I. Sparmannia [sic: now Sparrmannia]
- genus II. Abatia
- genus III. Heliocarpus
- genus IV. Antichorus
- genus V. Corchorus
- genus VI. Honckenya [sic, see Clappertonia]
- genus VII. Triumfetta
- genus VIII. Grewia
- genus IX. Columbia [sic, now Colona]
- genus X. Tilia
- genus XI. Diplophractum
- genus XII. Muntingia
- genus XIII. Apeiba
- genus XIV. Sloanea
- genus XV. Ablania
- genus XIV. Gyrostemon
- genus XVII. Christiana
- genus XVIII. Alegria
- genus XIX. Luhea [sic, now: Luehea]
- genus XX. Vatica
- genus XXI. Espera
- genus XXII. Wikstroemia
- genus XXIII. Berrya
According to APG II system, the current placement of these genera is mostly in the Malvaceae sensu lato, but with Gyrostemon moved to family Gyrostemonaceae, Muntingia to family Muntingiaceae, Sloanea to family Elaeocarpaceae, Vatica to family Dipterocarpaceae and Wikstroemia to family Thymelaeaceae (possibly reduced to a synonym of Daphne). The genus Abatia is assigned to the family Salicaceae sensu lato.
Bentham & Hooker system
The family reached perhaps its widest circumscription in the Bentham & Hooker system:
- family XXXIII Tiliaceae
- series A. Holopetalae
- tribus I. Brownlowieae
- genus 1. Brownlowia
- genus 2. Pentace
- genus 3. Diplodiscus
- genus 4. Pityranthe
- genus 5. Christiana
- genus 6. Berrya
- genus 7. Carpodiptera
- tribus II. Grewieae
- genus 8. Grewia
- genus 9. Columbia [sic, now Colona]
- genus 10. Diplophractum
- genus 11. Belotia
- genus 12. Erinocarpus
- genus 13. Triumfetta
- genus 14. Heliocarpus
- tribus III. Tilieae
- genus 15. Entelea
- genus 16. Sparrmannia
- genus 17. Honckenya [sic, see Clappertonia]
- genus 18. Corchorus
- genus 19. Corchoropsis
- genus 20. Luehea
- genus 21. Mollia
- genus 22. Trichospermum
- genus 23. Muntingia
- genus 24. Tilia
- genus 25. Leptonychia
- genus 26. Schoutenia
- tribus IV. Apeibeae
- tribus I. Brownlowieae
- series B. Heteropetalae
- tribus V. Prockieae
- genus 29. Prockia
- genus 30. Hasseltia
- genus 31. Plagiopteron
- genus 32? Ropalocarpus
- tribus VI. Sloanieae
- genus 33. Vallea
- genus 34. Sloanea
- genus 35. Echinocarpus
- genus 36. Antholoma
- tribus VII. Elaeocarpeae
- genus 37. Aristotelia
- genus 38. Elaeocarpus
- genus 39. Dubouzetia
- genus 40. Tricuspidaria
- tribus V. Prockieae
- series A. Holopetalae
According to APG II system, the current placement of these genera is perhaps mostly in the Malvaceae sensu lato, but with Muntingia moved to family Muntingiaceae, while tribes VI and VII form the core of family Elaeocarpaceae and tribe V has been moved to the family Salicaceae sensu lato.
The Hutchinson system follows the Bentham & Hooker system rather closely.
Cronquist system
In the
- Ancistrocarpus Oliv.
- Apeiba Aubl.
- AsterophorumSprague
- Berrya Roxb.
- Brownlowia Roxb.
- Burretiodendron Rehder
- Carpodiptera Griseb.
- Christiana DC.
- Clappertonia Meisn.
- Colona Cav.
- Corchoropsis Siebold & Zucc.
- Corchorus L.
- Craigia W.W.Sm. & W.E.Evans
- Desplatsia Bocq.
- Dicraspidia Standl.
- Diplodiscus Turcz.
- Duboscia Bocquet
- Eleutherostylis Burret
- EnteleaR.Br.
- Erinocarpus Nimmo ex J.Graham
- Glyphaea Hook.f.
- Goethalsia Pittier
- Grewia L.
- HainaniaMerr.
- Heliocarpus L.
- Hydrogaster Kuhlm.
- Jarandersonia Kosterm.
- Luehea Willd.
- Lueheopsis Burret
- Microcos L.
- Mollia Mart.
- Mortoniodendron Standl. & Steyerm.
- Neotessmannia Burret
- Pentace Hassk.
- Pentaplaris L.O.Williams & Standl.
- Petenaea Lundell
- Pityranthe Thwaites
- Pseudocorchorus Capuron
- Schoutenia Korth.
- Sicrea (Pierre) Hallier f.
- Sparrmannia L.f.
- Tetralix Griseb.
- Tilia L.
- Trichospermum Blume
- Triumfetta L.
- Vasivaea Baill.
- Westphalina A.Robyns & Bamps
External links
- Tiliaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards) The families of flowering plants: descriptions.