Clades: Bruniales;
Campanulidae;
Asteranae;
Angiospermae;
Plants.
Members: 8 genera, 130 species in eight genera.
Genera: Anopterus, Eremosyne, Escallonia, Forgesia, Polyosma, Rayenia, Tribeles, Valdivia.
Region: South America, Chile, Argentina, South east Asia, Autralia.
Taxonomy In the APG II system it is one of eight families in the
Campanulidae. More recent research has provided evidence that two of those families,
Eremosynaceae and
Tribelaceae, arose from within
Escalloniaceae; the Angiosperm
Phylogeny Website therefore merges these two families into
Escalloniaceae, and also places the family alone in order
Escalloniales.