Icacinaceae
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The Icacinaceae, also called the white pear family,[3][4] are a family of flowering plants,[5] consisting of trees, shrubs, and lianas, primarily of the tropics.
Icacinaceae | |
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Nothapodytes nimmoniana | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Icacinales |
Family: | Icacinaceae Miers[2] |
Genera | |
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The family was traditionally circumscribed quite broadly, with around 55 genera totalling over 400 species. In 2001, though, this circumscription was found to be polyphyletic,[6] and the family was split into four families in three different orders: Icacinaceae sensu stricto (then unplaced at order rank), Pennantiaceae (Apiales), Stemonuraceae (Aquifoliales) and Cardiopteridaceae (also Aquifoliales). Other genera have later been moved to Metteniusaceae (Metteniusales),[7] so that Icacinaceae now include c. 23 genera and 160 species. One genus, Sleumeria, was described as late as 2005.[8]
Icacinaceae belongs to the order Icacinales along with Oncothecaceae.[2] The oldest member of this family is Palaeophytocrene chicoensis from the Campanian of California, known from a fossil fruit from the Chico Formation.[1]
Icacina senegalensis extracts have shown activity against malaria parasites.[9]