Martyniaceae

Martyniaceae Horan., Char. Ess. Fam. 130. 1847. nom. cons. 'Martynia Family'

Characteristic Features:

Herbs with sticky hairs
Flowers zygomorphic, ovary superior, placentation parietal
Fruits have two large apical hooks and other hooks/ spines which become visible when outer layer of fruit falls off

Diversity:

World- 5 genera 21 species (ThePlant List 2013); 5 genera, 16 species (Christenhusz & Byng 2016); 5 genera, 15 species (Mabberely 2017); 5 genera, 13 species (Roskov et al. 2021)
India - 1 genus 1 species (Karthikeyan 2000)
Indian Himalaya- 1 genus, 1 species (Singh et al. 2019)
Uttarakhand - 1 genus 1 species (Uniyal et al. 2007)

General Characters:

Martyniaceae in Watson & Dallwitz (1992 onwards)
Martyniaceae in Stevens (2001 onwards)
Martyniaceae in POWO 2021 (Plants of the World Online)
Martyniaceae 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- Asteranae, Order- Lamiales

Bentham & Hooker (1862-83)

Class : Dicotyledons
Subclass : Gamopetalae
Series : Bicarpellatae
Orders : Personales

Engler & Prantl (1887-1915)

Kingdom : Plantae
Division : Embryophyta Siphonogama
Subdivision: Angiospermae
Class : Dicotyledoneae
Subclass : Metachlamydeae
Order : Tubiflorae

Hutchinson (1973)

Phylum : Angiospermae
Subphylum: Dicotyledones
Division : Lignosae
Order : Bignoniales

Cronquist (1988)

Division : Magnoliophyta
Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Asteridae
Order : Scrophulariales

Thorne & Reveal (2007)

Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Lamiidae
Super Order: Lamianae
Order : Lamiales

Takhtajan (2009)

Phylum : Magnoliophyta
Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Lamiidae
Super Order: Lamianae
Order : Lamiales

Reveal (2012)

Class : Equisetopsida
Subclass : Magnoliidae
Super Order: Lamianae
Order : Lamiales
Suborder : Lamiineae

APG-IV (2016)

Clade : Angiosperms
Clade : Eudicots
Clade : Core Eudicots
Clade : Superasterids
Clade : Asterids
Clade : Lamiids
Order : Lamiales

Shipunov (2016)

Class : Angiospermae
Subclass : Asteridae
Super Order: Asteranae
Order : Lamiales
Suborder : Lamiineae

(Merged with Lamiaceae)

Genera & Species in Pantnagar

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~Wild Flora~

Martynia annua L.