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Santalaceae

Angiospermae - Santalales - Santalaceae

Taxonomy

Santalaceae was named by Brown (1810).

It was assigned to Santalales by Knowlton (1919), Mabberley (2000) and The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).

Subtaxa

Osyris, Santalaceaepites, Santalum, Thesianthium

Synonyms

Amphorogynaceae was named by Nickrent and Der.

It was synonymized subjectively with Santalaceae by The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).
Cervantesiaceae was named by Nickrent and Der.

It was synonymized subjectively with Santalaceae by The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).
Comandraceae was named by Nickrent and Der.

It was synonymized subjectively with Santalaceae by The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).
Nanodeaceae was named by Nickrent and Der.

It was synonymized subjectively with Santalaceae by The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).
Thesiaceae was named by Vest.

It was synonymized subjectively with Santalaceae by The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).
Viscaceae was named by Batsch.

It was synonymized subjectively with Santalaceae by The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).

It was assigned to Santalales by Mabberley (2000).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1810	Santalaceae Brown
1919	Santalaceae Knowlton
2000	Santalaceae Mabberley
2000	Viscaceae Mabberley
2016	Santalaceae The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group pp. 7, 18

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Plantae
phylum	Spermatophyta
class	Angiospermae
—	Mesangiosperms
—	Eudicots	Doyle and Hotton 1991

Rank	Name	Author
—	Coreeudicots	The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2009
—	Superasterids
order	Santalales	Brown 1820
family	Santalaceae	Brown 1810
family	Santalaceae	Brown 1810

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Santalaceae Brown 1810

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G. Osyris Linnaeus 1753

G. †Santalaceaepites Biswas 1962

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†Santalaceaepites religiosus Biswas 1962

G. Santalum Linnaeus 1753

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†Santalum americanum Lesquereux 1883

†Santalum novaecaesareae Berry 1906

G. †Thesianthium Conwentz 1886

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†Thesianthium inclusum Conwentz 1886

Invalid names: Amphorogynaceae Nickrent and Der [synonym], Cervantesiaceae Nickrent and Der [synonym], Comandraceae Nickrent and Der [synonym], Nanodeaceae Nickrent and Der [synonym], Thesiaceae Vest [synonym], Viscaceae Batsch [synonym]

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016	Furthermore, a recent study (J.W. Byng, unpubl. data) places Balanophoraceae s.l. as a monophyletic group in ‘Santalaceae’, in contrast to Su et al. (2015), where Balanophoraceae were divided into two clades. We acknowledge that our use of ‘Olacaceae’ and ‘Santalaceae’ does not refer to monophyletic groups and thus maintain the families as they were in APG III, but in the linear sequence we move Balanophoraceae next to ‘Santalaceae’, in which they appear to be embedded.

Measurements

No measurements are available

Diet:

"photoautotroph"p

Created:

2011-07-22 00:04:15

Modified:

2011-07-21 09:04:15

Source: p = phylum

Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Holocene or 55.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.6 Ma

Collections (3 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Eocene	56.0 - 33.9	India (Meghalaya)	Santalaceaepites religiosus (224681)
Early/Lower Eocene	55.8 - 48.6	India (Meghalaya)	Santalaceaepites religiosus (224747)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	India (Tamil Nadu)	Osyris sp. (228788)