Basellaceae
Basellaceae Raf., Fl. Tellur. 3: 44. 1837. nom. cons. 'Basella Family'
Characteristic Features:
Succulent herbaceous vines
Flowers small
Stamens 4-9, as many as basally connate perianth lobes
Ovary with solitary ovule, maturing in to one seeded fruit surrounded by persistent perianth
Diversity:
World- 4 genera 19 species (ThePlant List 2013); 4 genera, 19 species (Christenhusz & Byng 2016); 4 genera, 19 species (Mabberely 2017); 4 genera, 19 species (CoL 2021)
India - 1 genus 1 species (Karthikeyan 2000); 2 genera, 3 species (BSI, 2021)
Indian Himalaya- 2 genera, 3 species (Singh et al. 2019)
Uttarakhand - 1 genus 2 species (Uniyal et al. 2007)
General Characters:
Basellaceae in POWO 2021 (Plants of the World Online)
Basellaceae in Wikipedia
Systematic Position of the Family in Different Systems of Classifications:
Systematic position in 2-Superkingdom, 7-Kingdom classification of Ruggiero et al. (2015)
Super Kingdom- Eukaryota, Kingdom- Plantae, Subkingdom- Viridiplantae, Infrakingdom- Streptophyta, Superphylum- Embryophyta, Phylum- Tracheophyta, Subphylum- Spermatophytina, Superclass- Angiospermae, Class- Magnoliopsida, Superorder- Caryophyllanae, Order- Caryophyllales
Bentham & Hooker (1862-83)
Class : Dicotyledons
Subclass : Monochlamydeae
Series : Curvembryeae
Engler & Prantl (1887-1915)
Kingdom : Plantae
Division : Embryophyta Siphonogama
Subdivision: Angiospermae
Class : Dicotyledoneae
Subclass : Archichlamydeae
Order : Centrospermae
Hutchinson (1973)
Phylum : Angiospermae
Subphylum : Bicotyledones
Division : Herbaceae
Order : Chenopodiales
Cronquist (1988)
Division : Magnoliophyta
Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Caryophyllidae
Order : Caryophyllales
Thorne & Reveal (2007)
Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Caryophyllidae
Super Order : Caryophyllanae
Order : Caryophyllales
Takhtajan (2009)
Phylum : Magnoliophyta
Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Caryophyllidae
Super Order : Caryophyllanae
Order : Caryophyllales
Reveal (2012)
Class : Equisetopsida
Subclass : Magnoliidae
Super Order: Caryophyllanae
Order : Caryophyllales
Suborder : Portulacineae
APG-IV (2016)
Clade : Angiosperms
Clade : Eudicots
Clade : Core Eudicots
Clade : Superasterids
Order : Caryophyllales
Shipunov (2020)
Class : Angiospermae
Subclass : Asteridae
Super Order: Caryophyllanae
Order : Caryophyllales
Suborder : Caryophyllineae
Genera & Species in Pantnagar
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