Family Icacinaceae Miers, nom. cons.


Summary
Family number:
574
Last updated:
27 April 2023
Kind of family:
Dicotyledon
Number of accepted genera:
24
Type genus:
Icacina A. Juss.

Synonyms

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Disseminule drawings\; A: Fruit; B-C: seed in two views; D: embryo in situ; E: transection of seed

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References:
  1. Byng, J. W. et al. 2014. Phylogenetic relationships of Icacinaceae focusing on the vining genera. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 176:277-294.
  2. Kårehed, J. 2001. Multiple origin of the tropical forest tree family Icacinaceae. Amer. J. Bot. 88:2259-2274.
  3. Stull, G. W. et al. 2015. Resolving basal lamiid phylogeny and the circumscription of Icacinaceae with a plastome-scale data set. Amer. J. Bot. 102:1794-1813.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomyfamily?id=574. Accessed 11 May 2026.