Flagellaria is the sole genus in the flowering plant family Flagellariaceae with only five species.Wepfer, P. H., & Linder, H. P. (2014). The taxonomy of Flagellaria (Flagellariaceae). Australian Systematic Botany, 27(3), 159-179. https://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SB13048 The family is accepted by the APG II system of 2003 (and unchanged from the APG system, 1998); it is assigned to the order Poales in the clade commelinids, in the monocots.
Flagellaria consists of only five known species, found in the tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, Africa, Australia, and various island of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. They are vines which branch dichotomously, with each of the leaves tipped with a tendril.
List of species Flagellaria collaris Wepfer & H.P.Linder - Fiji Flagellaria gigantea Hook.f. - New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Samoa, Niue, Fiji, New Guinea Flagellaria guineensis Schumach. - tropical and southern Africa, Madagascar, Sri Lanka Flagellaria indica L. - Asia, Papuasia, Australia, Micronesia, Madagascar, Seychelles, Mauritius, Réunion, Rodrigues Island, Mozambique, Tanzania Flagellaria neocaledonica Schltr. - Solomon Islands, New Caledonia
References
External links
Flagellariaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval. Version: 27 April 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20060424062016/http://delta-intkey.com/ Monocot families (USDA) Flagellariaceae in Flora of China Florabase (western Australia) NCBI Taxonomy Browser links at CSDL