Samydaceae

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Samydaceae is a family of tropical and subtropical woody plants, its best known genus being Casearia. It has always been of uncertain placement, in the past usually being submerged in the family Flacourtiaceae.

A 2002 paper included the Samydaceae in the family Salicaceae,{{citation | title = When in Doubt, Put It in Flacourtiaceae: A Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis Based on Plastid rbcL DNA Sequences | author = Mark W. Chase | author2 = Sue Zmarzty | author3 = M. Dolores Lledó | author4 = Kenneth J. Wurdack | author5 = Susan M. Swensen | author6 = Michael F. Fay | name-list-style = amp | journal = Kew Bulletin | volume = 57 | issue = 1 | year = 2002 | pages = 141–181 | doi=10.2307/4110825| jstor = 4110825 }} a placement accepted in the APG III system onwards{{Citation |last=Angiosperm Phylogeny Group |year=2009 |title=An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III |journal=Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=161 |issue=2 |pages=105–121 |doi=10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x |doi-access=free |hdl=10654/18083 |hdl-access=free }} and also by Plants of the World Online {{as of|lc=yes|2021|March}}.{{citation |title=Samydaceae Vent. |work=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:50035989-1 |access-date=2021-03-21 }} This placement has by no means been universally accepted.Alford, Mac H. 2007. Samydaceae. Version 6 February 2007 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Samydaceae/68361/2007.02.06 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/