Penaeaceae

E319704

Penaeaceae is a small family of flowering plants, primarily shrubs and small trees, native to southern Africa and known for their often leathery leaves and tubular flowers.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Penaeaceae canonical 16
Penaeaceae genera 2
Penaeoideae 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf plant family ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
clade Angiosperms ⓘ
linked to: Magnoliophyta

Eudicots ⓘ
Rosids ⓘ
climatePreference Mediterranean climate ⓘ
distribution Cape Floristic Region ⓘ
endemicity mostly endemic to South Africa ⓘ
flowerColor often pink ⓘ
often red ⓘ
sometimes purple ⓘ
flowerSymmetry actinomorphic flowers ⓘ
flowerType tubular flowers ⓘ
fruitType capsule ⓘ
genusCount approximately 9 ⓘ
growthForm shrubs ⓘ
small trees ⓘ
habitat Mediterranean-type shrublands ⓘ
fynbos ⓘ
includesGenus Brachysiphon ⓘ
Endonema ⓘ
Glischrocolla ⓘ
Nylandtia ⓘ
Penaea ⓘ
Saltera ⓘ
Sonderothamnus ⓘ
Stylapterus ⓘ
Tetrataenium (Penaeaceae context may vary; check current taxonomy) ⓘ
kingdom Plantae ⓘ
leafTexture leathery leaves ⓘ
leafType simple leaves ⓘ
nativeTo South Africa ⓘ
southern Africa ⓘ
linked to: Southern Africa
order Myrtales ⓘ
photosyntheticPathway C3 ⓘ
pollination insect-pollinated ⓘ
previousClassification sometimes placed in its own order Penaeales (historical) ⓘ
recognizedBy APG IV system ⓘ
seedDispersal primarily by wind ⓘ
speciesCount approximately 29 ⓘ
subfamily Penaeoideae ⓘ
linked to: Penaeaceae
taxonRank family ⓘ
typeGenus Penaea ⓘ
woodiness woody plants ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (19)

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

Myrtales → includesFamily → Penaeaceae ⓘ
subject linked to: order Myrtales
Malvales → contains → Penaeaceae ⓘ
Myrtales → includesFamily → Penaeaceae ⓘ
Penaeaceae → subfamily → Penaeoideae ⓘ
linked to: Penaeaceae
Penaea → family → Penaeaceae ⓘ
Penaea → describedInTaxonomyOf → Penaeaceae ⓘ
Brachysiphon → family → Penaeaceae ⓘ
Endonema → family → Penaeaceae ⓘ
Endonema → belongsTo → Penaeaceae ⓘ
Glischrocolla → family → Penaeaceae ⓘ
Glischrocolla → belongsToFamily → Penaeaceae ⓘ
Nylandtia → family → Penaeaceae ⓘ
Nylandtia → partOf → Penaeaceae genera ⓘ
linked to: Penaeaceae
Sonderothamnus → family → Penaeaceae ⓘ
Sonderothamnus → belongsTo → Penaeaceae ⓘ
Stylapterus → family → Penaeaceae ⓘ
Stylapterus → partOf → Penaeaceae genera ⓘ
linked to: Penaeaceae
Saltera → family → Penaeaceae ⓘ
fynbos → hasDominantPlantFamily → Penaeaceae ⓘ