Morphological analyses, supported by recent Chlorplast DNA analysis, indicates that the Crypteroniaceae are most closely related to four small Myrtales families: Penaeaceae, Oliniaceae, and Rhynchocalycaceae of southern Africa, and Alzateaceae of Central and South America. It is thought that the common ancestor of these five families originated in western Gondwana during the Cretaceous epoch, and the Crypteroniaceae were carried northward with India after the breakup of the southern supercontinent, differentiating into the three genera before India's collision with Asia. The genera subsequently spread from India to the moist tropical forests of Southeast Asia.
Reference
Conti, Elena; Erikkson, Torsten; Schonenberger, Jurg; Sytsma, Kenneth J; and Baum, David A. Early Tertiary Out-of-India Dispersal of Crypteroniaceae: Evidence from Phylogeny and Molecular Dating. Evolution, 56(10), 2002, pp. 1931–1942.
The Crypteroniaceae are native to tropical lowland and submontane rain forests.
Morphological analyses, supported by recent Chlorplast DNA analysis, indicates that the Crypteroniaceae are most closely related to four small Myrtales families: Penaeaceae, Oliniaceae, and Rhynchocalycaceae of southern Africa, and Alzateaceae of Central and South America.
The genera subsequently spread from India to the moist tropical forests of Southeast Asia.
Dactylocladus includes as single species, native to the Lowland peat swamp forests of Borneo.
It is thought that the common ancestor of these five families originated in western Gondwana during the Cretaceous epoch, and the Crypteroniaceae were carried northward with India after the breakup of the southern supercontinent, differentiating into the three genera before India's collision with Asia.
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