Rhizophoraceae and Anisophylleaceae: Summary Statement, Relationships

h of Rhizophoraceae and Anisophylleaceae, as now defined by Tobe & Raven, are here considered to represent.monophyletic units.Conspicuous autapomorphies of the variable Rhizophoraceae are, for example, do not belong to hiwa from which they were excluded by all participants ya a recent si indes sympo in Elaeocarpaceae, previously placed in Malvales, Celastraceae of Celastrales, Tu "milies of Geraniales, e.g., Erythroxylaceae, Humiriaceae, Linaceae, Lepidobotryaceae, and Oxalidaceae.This is supported in particular by a syndrome of embryological attributes, but also from su Pee MN anatomical, pollen morphological, and chemical evidence.Anisophylleaceae, which } conditions, technically fit most closely with Rosales in the wide sense, i.e., Ros ales-Cunoniales-Saxifragales, without approaching any nossess nrombination particular family.Anisophylleaceae may have evolved from taxa related also to the ancestors of Myrtales.