Botany: flowers 4 merous; curved embryo; endosperm ± lacking; vestured pits in vessels.
TaxonomyIn the
Apg3 classification Bataceae,
Koeberliniaceae and
Salvadoraceae are Families in the Order
Brassicales. The are closely related.
Salvadoraceae: genera Azima, Dobera, Salvadora; 12 species; Africa,
Madagascar, South East Asia; hot, dry areas; formerly placed in
Celastrales.
Bataceae: genus Batis; coastal salt marshes; warm temperate and tropical America.
Koeberliniaceae: 1 species
Koeberlinia spinosa; South-western United States and northern Mexico; tangling straight stems which branch many times; long, sharp spine; leaves rudimentary, tiny deciduous scales; abundant white to greenish-white flowers; fruits are shiny black berries; desert.
In the
Plant theory Bataceae,
Koeberliniaceae and
Salvadoraceae are treated in the same way as in the
Apg3 classification and placed together in
Subphase 7.