| Soyauxia | |
|---|---|
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| Soyauxia talbotii | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Saxifragales |
| Family: | Peridiscaceae |
| Genus: | Soyauxia Oliv. |
| Type species | |
| Soyauxia gabonensis | |
Soyauxia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Peridiscaceae.[1] They are small trees or erect shrubs from wet forests of tropical West Africa.[2] Eight specific names have been published in Soyauxia.[3] Additional species have been discovered, but their names and descriptions will not be published until 2009 or 2010. The type species for the genus is Soyauxia gabonensis.[4]
Soyauxia was long considered an anomaly and it has been variously classified by different authors, usually in Passifloraceae or in the defunct plant family Flacourtiaceae. The first molecular phylogenetic study to include Soyauxia placed it in Peridiscaceae.[5] Its position within that family was determined in 2009.[6]
- ^ Clemens Bayer. 2007. "Peridiscaceae" pages 297-300. In: Klaus Kubitski (editor). The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants volume IX. Springer-Verlag: Berlin;Heidelberg, Germany.
- ^ Heywood, V. H., Brummitt, R. K., Culham, A. & Seberg, O. (2007). Flowering Plant Families of the World. Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada: Firefly Books. ISBN 978-1-55407-206-4.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Soyauxia" At: International Plant Names Index. (see External links below).
- ^ Soyauxia In: Index Nominum Genericorum. In: Regnum Vegetabile (see External links below).
- ^ Soltis, D. E.; Clayton, J. W.; Davis, C. C.; Gitzendanner, M. A.; Cheek, M.; Savolainen, V.; Amorim, A. M.; Soltis, P. S. (2007):Monophyly and relationships of the enigmatic family Peridiscaceae. Taxon 56(1):65-73.
- ^ Kenneth J. Wurdack and Charles C. Davis. 2009. "Malpighiales phylogenetics: Gaining ground on one of the most recalcitrant clades in the angiosperm tree of life." American Journal of Botany 96(8):1551-1570.