Peridiscaceae

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Peridiscaceae is a small, unusual family of flowering plants within the order Saxifragales, known for its limited number of genera and geographically scattered, often tropical distribution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf plant family
taxon
clade Magnoliophyta
surface form: Angiosperms

Eudicots
flowerSymmetry radial symmetry
flowerType bisexual flowers
fruitType capsule
growthForm shrubs
small trees
habitat lowland tropical forest
tropical rainforest
hasCarpels true
hasCommonName Peridiscaceae NERFINISHED
hasGenus Medusandra NERFINISHED
Peridiscus NERFINISHED
Soyauxia NERFINISHED
Whittonia NERFINISHED
hasGeographicDistribution Africa NERFINISHED
Brazil NERFINISHED
Ghana NERFINISHED
Guyana NERFINISHED
Nigeria NERFINISHED
Sierra Leone NERFINISHED
South America NERFINISHED
Venezuela NERFINISHED
northern South America
tropical regions
hasLimitedNumberOfGenera true
hasPerianth true
hasPetals true
hasScatteredDistribution true
hasSepals true
hasStamens true
hasTaxonomicHistory reclassified within Saxifragales based on molecular data
hasUnusualMorphology true
isA family of flowering plants
isMonophyletic true
isSmallFamily true
isWoody true
kingdom Plantae
order Saxifragales NERFINISHED
ovaryPosition superior ovary
photosyntheticPathway C3
recognizedBy APG III system NERFINISHED
APG IV system NERFINISHED
taxonomicRank family
wasPreviouslyMisplacedIn Malpighiales NERFINISHED
Violales NERFINISHED

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Malpighiales containsTaxon Peridiscaceae
Saxifragales includesFamily Peridiscaceae