Asteropeiaceae is the botanical name for a family of flowering plants. Such a family has been recognized by very few taxonomists.

The APG II system, of 2003 (unchanged from the APG system, of 1998) does recognize such a family and assigns it to the order Caryophyllales in the clade core eudicots. The family exists of a single genus only: Asteropeia, found in Madagascar. According to the AP-Website it forms a clade together with the family Physenaceae (also of Madagascar).

External links

• Asteropeiaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards).
• The families of flowering plants descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval. Version: 30st May 2006.
• links at CSDL
• NCBI Taxonomy Browser
• photographs of Asteropeia (Missouri Botanic Garden)

Caryophyllales | Plant families | Flora of Madagascar

Asteropeiaceae