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493.0000 Family Gelsemiaceae Struwe & V.A.Albert; Cladistics 10: 206 (1995)
3 genera, 13 spp., formerly in Aquifoliales. Inclusion of Pteleocarpaceae following Antonelli et al. (2021)
Species listed in database: 14
= Gelsemieae G.Don; Gen. Hist. 4: 70, 87 (1837 publ. 1838)
= Gelsemiinae DC.; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 2, 11: 282, 285 (1839)
= Gelsemioideae Luerss.; Handb. Syst. Bot. [Luerssen] 2: 1056 (1882)
= Pteleocarpaceae Brummitt; Kew Bull. 66: 3 (2011)
493.0001 Genus Gelsemium Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 150 (1789)
Distribution: 1 sp. S-China, Malesia, 2 spp. America from S-USA to Guatemala
Species listed in database: 3
= Jeffersonia Brick.; Med. Repos. 1: 555 (1800)
= Leptopteris Blume; Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 1: 240, t. 34 (1850) nec C. Presl (1845)
= Medicia Gardner & Champ.; Hooker´s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 1: 324 (1849)

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