Theophrastaceae is a small family of flowering plants not recognized in recent classifications. As previously circumscribed, the family consists of seven genera and 95 species of trees or shrubs, native to tropical regions of the Americas. The APG II system places this family in the order Ericales, a basal group in the asterids. APG II also includ...
(from the article `Primulales`) Of the three families, two—Theophrastaceae and Myrsinaceae—are mainly tropical. They consist mostly of trees and shrubs with evergreen leaves, small ...
[n] - family of mainly tropical American trees and shrubs similar to those of the Myrsinaceae
family Theophrastaceae noun family of mainly tropical American trees and shrubs similar to those of the Myrsinaceae; often included in the Myrsinaceae