Peridiscaceae

E458690

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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Peridiscaceae canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

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

Eudicots ⓘ
flowerSymmetry radial symmetry ⓘ
flowerType bisexual flowers ⓘ
fruitType capsule ⓘ
growthForm shrubs ⓘ
small trees ⓘ
habitat lowland tropical forest ⓘ
tropical rainforest ⓘ
hasCarpels true ⓘ
hasCommonName Peridiscaceae ⓘ
hasGenus Medusandra ⓘ
Peridiscus ⓘ
Soyauxia ⓘ
Whittonia ⓘ
hasGeographicDistribution Africa ⓘ
Brazil ⓘ
Ghana ⓘ
Guyana ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
Sierra Leone ⓘ
South America ⓘ
Venezuela ⓘ
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 ⓘ
ovaryPosition superior ovary ⓘ
photosyntheticPathway C3 ⓘ
recognizedBy APG III system ⓘ
APG IV system ⓘ
taxonomicRank family ⓘ
wasPreviouslyMisplacedIn Malpighiales ⓘ
Violales ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Saxifragales → includesFamily → Peridiscaceae ⓘ
Malpighiales → containsTaxon → Peridiscaceae ⓘ
Peridiscaceae → hasCommonName → Peridiscaceae ⓘ
Peridiscus → previousFamilyAssignment → Peridiscaceae ⓘ