Thymelaeaceae Juss.

First published in Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 76. 1789 [4 Aug 1789] (as "Thymelaeae") (1789)nom. cons.
This family is accepted

Accepted Genera

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • APG IV (2016) http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/boj.12385

The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook

  • Airy Shaw, H. K. (1953). Thymelaeaceae–Gonystyloideae. Flora Malesiana, Ser. I, 4: 349–365. National Herbarium of the Netherlands, Leiden.
  • Barringer, K. & Nevling, L. I. (2004). Thymelaeaceae. In: N. Smith, S. A. Mori, A. Henderson, D. W. Stevenson, & S. V. Heald (eds), Flowering Plants of the Neotropics, pp. 372 – 374. Princeton University Press, New Jersey.
  • Ding Hou (1960). Thymelaeaceae. Flora Malesiana, Ser. I, 6: 1–48. National Herbarium of the Netherlands, Leiden.
  • Herber, B. E. (2002[2003]). Thymelaeaceae. In: K. Kubitzki (ed.), The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 5: 373–396. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
  • Phillips, O., & Miller, J. (2002) Global Patterns of Plant Diversity, Alwyn H. Gentry’s Forest Transect Data Set (MSB 89).

Neotropikey

  • Barringer, K. & Nevling, L.I. Jr. (2004). Thymelaeaceae. In: Smith, N., Mori, S.A., Henderson, A., Stevenson, D.W. and Heald, S.V. (eds.). Flowering Plants of the Neotropics, pp. 372-374. The New York Botanical Garden, Princeton University Press, Princeton.
  • Berry, P.E. & Rogers, Z.S. (2005). Tepuianthaceae. In: P.E. Berry, K. Yatskievych & B.K. Holst (eds.). Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana, vol. 9 (Rutaceae -Zygophyllaceae), pp. 297-299. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Heinig, K.H. (1951).  Studies in the floral Morphology of the Thymelaeaceae. Amer. J. Bot. 38(2): 113-132.
  • Herber, B.E. (2002)[(2003)]. Thymelaeaceae. In: K. Kubitzki & C. Bayer (eds.). The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, vol. 5: Flowering Plants. Dicotyledons. Malvales, Capparales and Non-betalain Caryophyllales, pp. 373-396. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
  • Horn, J.W. (2004). The morphology and relationships of the Sphaerosepalaceae (Malvales). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 144: 1-40.
  • Kubitzki, K. (2002)[(2003)]. Tepuianthaceae. In: K. Kubitzki & C. Bayer (eds.). The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, vol. 5: Flowering Plants. Dicotyledons. Malvales, Capparales and Non-betalain Caryophyllales, pp. 371-372. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
  • Maas, P.J.M. & Westra, L.Y. Th. (2005). Neotropical Plant Families. 3rd ed, 149 pp. A.R.G. Gantner Verlag K.G., Ruggell.
  • Nevling, L.I. Jr. (1959). A revision of the genus Daphnopsis.  Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 46:  257-358.
  • Nevling, L.I. Jr. (1963). A Revision of the genus Lophostoma (Thymelaeaceae). J. Arnold Arbor. 44: 143-164.
  • Nevling, L.I. Jr. (1964). Note on the genus Ovidia. Darwiniana 13: 72-86.
  • Rogers, Z.S. (2009) onwards. A World Checklist of Thymelaeaceae (version 1). Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis. http://www.tropicos.org/project/Thymelaeaceae [accessed Sept. 16th (2013)].
  • Stevens, P. F. (2001) onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 12, July (2012).  http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/APweb/ [accessed Sept. 16th (2013)].
  • Van der Bank, M., Fay, M.F. & Chase, M.W. (2002). Molecular phylogenetics of Thymelaeaceae with particular reference to African and Australian genera. Taxon 51: 329-339.
  • Wurdack, K.J. & Horn, J.W. (2001) [Abstract]. A reevaluation of the affinities of the Tepuianthaceae: molecular and morphological evidence for placement in Malvales. Botany (2001) Abstracts: 151.

Trees of New Guinea

  • Airy Shaw, H.K. (1953). Thymelaeaceae-Gonystyloideae. Fl. Males., Ser. I, Spermat. 4: 349–365.
  • Ding Hou (1960). Thymelaeaceae. Fl. Males., Ser. I, Spermat. 6: 1–48.
  • Herber, B.E. (2003) Thymelaeaceae. In: K. Kubitzki (ed.), The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 5: 373–396. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
  • Laura V.S. Jennings & Timothy M.A. Utteridge (2022). Trees of New Guinea. Timothy M. A. Utteridge and Laura V. S. Jennings (Eds) Kew Publishing. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • Stevens, P.F. (1974). Three new species of Phaleria (Thymelaeaceae) from Papuasia. J. Arn. Arbor. 55: 264–268.

The Kew Temperate Plant Families Identification Handbook

  • Beaumont, A. J. A., Edwards, T., Manning, J., Maurin, O., Rautenbach, M., Motsi, M., Fay, M., Chase, M. & Bank, M. (2009). Gnidia (Thymelaeaceae) is not monophyletic: taxonomic implications for Thymelaeoideae and a partial new generic taxonomy for Gnidia. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 160 (4): 402–417.
  • Ding Hou (1960). Thymelaeaceae. In: Flora Malesiana Series 1, Spermatophyta 6 (1): 1–48.
  • Herber, B. E. (2003). Thymelaeaceae. In: K. Kubitzki & C. Bayer (eds), Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, V: 373–396. Springer Verlag, Berlin & Heidelberg.
  • Rogers, Z. S. (2009). A World Checklist of Thymelaeaceae (version 1). Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
  • Wurdack, K. J. & Horn, J. W. (2001). A re-evaluation of the affinities of the Tepuianthaceae: molecular and morphological evidence for placement in the Malvales. http://2001.botanyconference.org/section12/abstracts/264.shtml

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Datizua, C.; Banze, A.; Osborne, J.; Mamba, A.; Mucaleque, P.; Rachide, T.; Maoji, S.O. (guia) [CD68] Mozambique K001346750 No

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  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
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    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China

    • The Malesian Key Group (2010) Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China (Version 2.0, 28 Jul 2010) The Nationaal Herbarium Nederland Leiden and The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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  • Neotropikey

    • Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
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  • Trees of New Guinea

    • Trees of New Guinea
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  • The Kew Temperate Plant Families Identification Handbook

    • The Kew Temperate Plant Families Identification Handbook
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook

    • The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0