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Panda family
Pandaceae
パンダ科
A small family of about 4 genera and 28 species from tropical Africa and Asia. Formerly considered allied to Euphorbiaceae or Violaceae, now placed in Malpighiales. Trees or shrubs bearing drupes.
Key Characteristics
- ●Trees or shrubs
- ●Leaves alternate, simple
- ●Flowers unisexual, small, pentamerous
- ●Fruits are drupes, sometimes large
Morphological Traits
A family may include species with different trait values — multiple values indicate the range within the family.
Leaf arrangement
Alternate
Leaf type
Simple
Venation
Pinnate
Leaf margin
Serrate / Dentate / Entire
Growth form
Shrub / Tree
Evergreen/Deciduous
Deciduous
Leaf dissection
Dissected / Undivided
Stipules
Present
Flower symmetry
Actinomorphic
Petal count
Many
Petal fusion
Free / Fused
Ovary position
Superior
Stamen count
5
Plant sex
Dioecious / Monoecious
Phylogenetic Position
Angiosperms > Eudicots > Core eudicots > Malpighiales > Pandaceae
Divergence Era
Paleogene (approx. 50–40 million years ago)
Representative Genera
Related Evolution Events
- ・Establishment of an independent phylogenetic position within Malpighiales through molecular reassessment
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