Columelliaceae
Family of flowering plants
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Columelliaceae is a family of trees and shrubs native to the Andes of South America.[3][4][5]
| Columelliaceae | |
|---|---|
| |
| Desfontainia spinosa[1] | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Bruniales |
| Family: | Columelliaceae D.Don[2] |
| Genera | |
In the APG II taxonomy it is placed in the order Lamiales,[2] but a 2008 study suggested that the family is sister to the Bruniaceae,[6] and the Angiosperm Phylogeny Website proposes incorporating this finding by placing both families in order Bruniales.[3] The APG III system of 2009 thus does place Columelliaceae in the Bruniales.
