# Centrolepidaceae

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{{Short description|Family of flowering plants}}
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[[File:Centrolepis cuspidigera-LSoL.jpg|thumb|''[Centrolepis cuspidigera](/source/Centrolepis_cuspidigera)'']]
[[File:Centrolepis fascicularis.jpg|thumb|''[Centrolepis fascicularis](/source/Centrolepis_fascicularis)'']]

'''Centrolepidaceae''' was a [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) of [flowering plant](/source/flowering_plant)s now included in [Restionaceae](/source/Restionaceae) following [APG IV (2016)](/source/APG_IV_system).<ref name="apgiv">{{Citation |last=Angiosperm Phylogeny Group |year=2016 |title=An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG IV |journal=Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=161 |issue=2 |pages=105–20 |doi= 10.1111/boj.12385|doi-access=free }}</ref> The [botanical name](/source/botanical_name) has been recognized by most taxonomists.

The [APG III system](/source/APG_III_system) of 2009 recognized the family,<ref name=APGIII2009>{{Cite journal |last=Angiosperm Phylogeny Group |year=2009 |title=An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III |journal=Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=161 |issue=2 |pages=105–121 |doi=10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x |doi-access=free |hdl=10654/18083 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> as did the [APG II system](/source/APG_II_system) of 2003 and the [APG system](/source/APG_system) of 1998), and assigned it to the order [Poales](/source/Poales) in the clade [commelinids](/source/commelinids) in the [monocots](/source/monocots).

The family was regarded as containing three genera, ''[Aphelia](/source/Aphelia_(plant))'', ''[Centrolepis](/source/Centrolepis)'', and ''[Gaimardia](/source/Gaimardia)'',<ref>Cooke, D.A. (1998) Centrolepidaceae. In Kubitzki, K. (ed) ''Families and Genera of Vascular Plants'' 4: 106–109. (Springer Verlag: Berlin).</ref> with about 35 species total, found in [Australia](/source/Australia), [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand), southern South America and [Southeast Asia](/source/Southeast_Asia).<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ford|first1=Kerry A. (2014)|title=Centrolepidaceae. In: Breitwieser, I.; Brownsey, P.J.; Heenan, P.B.; Wilton, A.D. Flora of New Zealand – Seed Plants. Fascicle 2.|url=http://www.nzflora.info/factsheet/Taxon/Centrolepidaceae.html|website=nzflora.info|publisher=Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070902002412/http://florabase.calm.wa.gov.au/browse/flora?f=040&level=f&id=040 Centrolepidaceae in western Australia]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050827214037/http://florabase.calm.wa.gov.au/browse/flora?f=040&level=g&id=331 Aphelia in western Australia]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070903043846/http://florabase.calm.wa.gov.au/browse/flora?f=040&level=g&id=333 Centrolepis in western Australia]
*[http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/cgi/gateway_family?fam=Centrolepidaceae links at CSDL, Texas] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070826213904/http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/cgi/gateway_family?fam=Centrolepidaceae |date=26 August 2007 }}
* Centrolepidaceae [http://www.nzflora.info/factsheet/Taxon/Centrolepidaceae.html] in Flora of New Zealand.

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Category:Restionaceae
Category:Poales families
Category:Historically recognized angiosperm families

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