Basellaceae
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Basellaceae
from Blanco (c. 1880)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Caryophyllales Family: Basellaceae Raf. (1837)
Genera
see text

Basellaceae is a family of flowering plants, in the order Caryophyllales in the clade core eudicots, according to the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. The family comprises some two dozen species of herbaceous plants, some with climbing habits, in four genera:

• Anredera
• Basella
• Boussingaultia
• Ullucus

Members of economic importance include the ulluco and the Malabar spinach.

External links

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Basellaceae

• Basellaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval. Version: 30st May 2006. http://delta-intkey.com
• photographs
• Basellaceae in the Flora of North America
• NCBI Taxonomy Browser
• links at CSDL
• Basellaceae (TSN 20497). Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

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