Penaeaceae Explained

The Penaeaceae are a family of evergreen, leathery-leaved shrubs and small trees, native to South Africa.^[1] The family has 29 species in 9 genera.^[2] The family Penaeaceae was expanded under the APG III system of classification with the inclusion of the genera Olinia (formerly in the monogeneric Oliniaceae) and the single species from the genus Rhynchocalyx (formerly in the monogeneric Rhynchocalycaceae).

Notes and References

1. Book: Andrew Millington. Mark Blumler. Udo Schickhoff. The SAGE Handbook of Biogeography. 2013-08-07. 2011-09-22. SAGE Publications. 978-1-4462-5445-5. 143–. The Cape Floristic Region in South Africa is comparatively rich in endemic flowering-plant families. Five families of angiosperms (Penaeaceae, Roridulaceae, Geissolomataceae, Grubbiaceae, and Lanariaceae) are endemic to that region ....
2. Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Penaeaceae.. Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 12, July 2012 [and more or less continuously updated since]. Accessed online: 5 June 2013.