Clades:
Malpighiales;
Fabidae;
Fabanae;
Angiospermae;
Plants.
Members: 1 genus: Euphronia.
TaxonomyEuphronia has been variously allied with the
Trigoniaceae and
Vochysiaceae. Morphological data were unable to place Euphronia in a family. Molecular sequence data place Euphronia in its own family as sister to the
Chrysobalanaceae,
Dichapetalaceae and
Trigoniaceae.
Plant theoryIn the
Plant theory it is included in
Chrysobalanaceae.
Litt, Amy & Chase, Mark W.; The Systematic Position of Euphronia, with Comments on the Position of Balanops, An
Analysis Based on rbcL Sequence Data; Systematic
BotanyVol. 23, No. 4 (Oct. - Dec., 1998), pp. 401-409; DOI: 10.2307/2419372; 1998.