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Amborellaceae is the botanical name of a family of flowering plants.

The APG II system, of 2003 (unchanged from the APG system, of 1998), recognises such a family and leaves it unplaced as to order. It is not placed at all beyond being accepted as the most basic lineage in the clade angiosperms. The family consists of only a single species, Amborella trichopoda of New Caledonia.

The AP-website suggests that the family could be given its own order Amborellales. This suggestion may be taken up in APG III.

The Cronquist system, of 1981, assigned the family

to the order Laurales

in subclass Magnoliidae,

in class Magnoliopsida

of division Magnoliophyta .

The Thorne system (1992) placed it

in the order Magnoliales, which was assigned

to superorder Magnolianae,

in subclass Magnoliideae ,

in class Magnoliopsida .

The Dahlgren system placed it

in the order Laurales, which was assigned

to superorder Magnolianae

in subclass Magnoliideae ,

in class Magnoliopsida .

External links :

• Amborellaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval. Version: 3rd May 2006. http://delta-intkey.com
• NCBI Taxonomy Browser

• Amborellaceae
• Plant families