Putranjivaceae
Putranjivaceae Endl., Enchir. Bot. 174. 1841. 'Putranjiva Family'
Characteristic Features:
Trees or shrubs
Leaves two ranked, rather coriaceous, stipulate and have asymmetric bases
Flowers small, develop in fasciculate inflorescence
Fruit a one seeded drupe often having a persistent, flap like stigma at the top
Diversity:
World- 3 genera 216 species (ThePlant List 2013); 2 genera, 216 species (Christenhusz & Byng 2016); 2 genera, 205 species (Mabberely 2017); 3 genera, 219 species (Roskov et al. 2021)
India - 2 genera 21 species (Chakrabarty & Balakrishnan 2012)
Uttarakhand - 2 genera 2 species (Uniyal et al. 2007)
Pantnagar - 1 genus, 1 species
General Characters:
Putranjivaceae in POWO 2021 (Plants of the World Online)
Putranjivaceae 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- Rosanae, Order-Malpighiales
Bentham & Hooker (1862-83)
Class : Dicotyledons
Subclass : Monoclamydeae
Series : Unisexuales*
Engler & Prantl (1887-1915)
Kingdom : Plantae
Division : Embryophyta Siphonogama
Subdivision: Angiospermae
Class : Dicotyledoneae
Subclass : Archichlamydeae
Order : Geraniales
Hutchinson (1973)
Phylum : Angiospermae
Subphylum : Dicotyledones
Division : Lignosae
Order : Euphorbiales*
Cronquist (1988)
Division : Magnoliophyta
Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Rosidae
Order : Euphorbiales*
Thorne & Reveal (2007)
Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Rosidae
Super Order: Podostemanae
Order : Euphorbiales
Takhtajan (2009)
Phylum : Magnoliophyta
Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Dilleniidae
Super Order: Euphorbianae
Order : Euphorbiales
Reveal (2012)
Class : Equisetopsida
Subclass : Magnoliidae
Super Order : Rosanae
Order : Euphorbiales
APG-IV (2016)
Clade : Angiosperms
Clade : Eudocts
Clade : Core Eudicots
Clade : Superrosids
Clade : Rosids
Clade : Fabids
Order : Malpighiales
Shipunov (2020)
Class : Angiospermae
Subclass : Rosidae
Super Order: Celastranae
Order : Malpighiales
Suborder : Malpighiineae
Genera & Species in Pantnagar
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~~~Wild Flora~~~
Putranjiva roxburghii Wall. -female
Putranjiva roxburghii Wall. Male