Spermatophyta: Dicotyledonae: Archichlamydeae: Caryophyllales

Lophiocarpaceae

Doweld, A. & Reveal, J.L. (2008) New Suprageneric Names for Vascular Plants Phytologia 90(3) 416-417

Thorne, R.F. & Reveal, J.L. (2007) An Updated Classification of the Class Magnoliopsida ("Angiospermae") The Botanical Review 73(2) 67-181

Description of the family

Comment: Two genera formerly placed in different families (Corbichonia in Molluginaceae and Lophiocarpus in Phytolaccaceae) are now together in this family.

Worldwide: 2 genera and 7 species in Africa and Asia as far as India

Zambia: 1 genus and 1 taxon.

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Lophiocarpus Turcz.Description, Image

Other sources of information about Lophiocarpaceae:

Our websites:

Flora of Botswana: Lophiocarpaceae
Flora of Caprivi: Lophiocarpaceae
Flora of Malawi: Lophiocarpaceae
Flora of Mozambique: Lophiocarpaceae
Flora of Zimbabwe: Lophiocarpaceae

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Lophiocarpaceae
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Lophiocarpaceae
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Lophiocarpaceae
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Lophiocarpaceae
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Lophiocarpaceae
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Lophiocarpaceae
JSTOR Plant Science: Lophiocarpaceae
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Lophiocarpaceae
Wikipedia: Lophiocarpaceae
Plants of the World Online: Lophiocarpaceae
Tropicos: Lophiocarpaceae



Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Family page: Lophiocarpaceae.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/family.php?family_id=320, retrieved 24 November 2024

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