Rafflesiaceae

Taxonomy ID: 26949 (for references in articles please use ncbitaxon:26949)

current name

Rafflesiaceae  Dumort., 1829 , nom. cons.  ¹⁾

NCBI BLAST name: eudicots
Rank: family
Genetic code: Translation table 1 (Standard)
Mitochondrial genetic code: Translation table 1 (Standard)
Other names:

heterotypic synonym

Rafflesianae

heterotypic synonym

Rafflesiales

Lineage(full)

cellular organisms; Eukaryota; Viridiplantae; Streptophyta; Streptophytina; Embryophyta; Tracheophyta; Euphyllophyta; Spermatophyta; Magnoliopsida; Mesangiospermae; eudicotyledons; Gunneridae; Pentapetalae; rosids; fabids; Malpighiales

Notes:

• 1) 'Nom. cons.' (= nomen conservandum, = conserved name) refers to a name selected by the procedure under its Code and meant to be used for all earlier synonyms and homonyms.

Comments and References:

APG IV (2016) The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. 2016. An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification of the orders and families of flowering plants: APG IV. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 181: 1-20.

APG III (2009) The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. 2009. An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161(2): 105-121. The APG III system incorporates molecular data and phylogenetic methods and represents the most up-to-date classification of flowering plants.

Stevens PF: Angiosperm Phylogeny Website Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 12, July 2012 [and more or less continuously updated since].

Xi Z et al. 2012 Xi Z, Ruhfel BR, Schaefer H, Amorim AM, Sugumaran M, Wurdack KJ, Endress PK, Matthews M, Stevens PF, Mathews S, Davis CC III. 2012. Phylogenomics and a posteriori data partitioning resolve the Cretaceous angiosperm radiation in Malpighiales. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 109: 17519- 17524.

Wurdack KJ & Davis CC 2009 Wurdack KJ and Davis CC. 2009. Malpighiales phylogenetics: Gaining ground on one of the most recalcitrant clades in the angiosperm tree of life. American Journal of Botany 96(8): 1551-1570. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3732/ajb.0800207

Haston E et al. 2007 Haston E, Richardson JE, Stevens PF, Chase, MW and Harris DJ. 2007. A linear sequence of Angiosperm Phylogeny Group II families. Taxon 56 (1): 7-12.

Barkman et al. 2004 Barkman TJ, Lim S-H, Salleh KM, and Nais K. 2004. Mitochondrial DNA sequences reveal the photosynthetic relatives of Rafflesia, the world's largest flower. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 101: 787-792.

Nickrent DL et al. 2004 Nickrent DL, Blarer A, Qiu Y-L, Vidal-Russell R and Anderson FE. 2004. Phylogenetic inference in Rafflesiales: the influence of rate heterogeneity and horizontal gene transfer. BMC Evol Biol. 2004; 4: 40.

Nickrent DL 1998 on Nickrent DL. 1998-2004. The Parasitic Plant Connection.

Rafflesiaceae Kindly reviewed by Dan Nickrent, September, 1996.Nickrent, D.L. and Duff. R.J. 1996. Molecular studies of parasitic plants using ribosomal RNA. In: Advances in Parasitic Plant Research. (M. Moreno et al., Eds.), pp. 28-52. Junta de Andalucia, Direccion General de Investigacion Agraria, Cordoba, Spain.