Columelliaceae Explained

Columelliaceae is a family of trees and shrubs native to the Andes of South America.^{[1] [2] [3]}

In the APG II taxonomy it is placed in the order Lamiales,^[4] but a 2008 study suggested that the family is sister to the Bruniaceae,^[5] and the Angiosperm Phylogeny Website proposes incorporating this finding by placing both families in order Bruniales.^[1] The APG III system of 2009 thus does place Columelliaceae in the Bruniales.

Notes and References

1. http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/APweb/orders/asteralesweb.htm#Columelliaceae Missouri Botanical Garden classification system
2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25427620#page/66/mode/1up Don, David. 1828. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal 6: 46-49
3. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/42000167 Tropicos, Columelliaceae D. Don
4. 10.1046/j.1095-8339.2003.t01-1-00158.x . Angiosperm Phylogeny Group . 2003 . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG II . Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society . 141 . 4 . 399–436. free .
5. Winkworth, Richard C. . Lundberg, Johannes . Donoghue, Michael J. . 2008 . Toward a resolution of Campanulid phylogeny, with special reference to the placement of Dipsacales . Taxon . 57 . 1 . 53–65.