Sarcolaenaceae
Family of flowering plants
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The Sarcolaenaceae are a family of flowering plants endemic to Madagascar. The family includes 79 species[3] of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs in ten genera.
| Sarcolaenaceae | |
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| Leptolaena multiflora | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Sarcolaenaceae Caruel (1881) nom. cons.[1] |
| Genera[2] | |
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Recent DNA studies indicate that the Sarcolaenaceae are a sibling taxon to the family Dipterocarpaceae of Africa, South America, India, Southeast Asia and Malesia.