Columelliaceae

Columelliaceae is a family of trees and shrubs native to the Andes of South America.^[3][4][5]

Columelliaceae
Desfontainia spinosa[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Bruniales
Family:	Columelliaceae D.Don[2]
Genera
Columellia Desfontainia

In the APG II taxonomy it is placed in the order Lamiales,^[2] but a 2008 study suggested that the family is sister to the Bruniaceae,^[6] and the Angiosperm Phylogeny Website proposes incorporating this finding by placing both families in order Bruniales.^[3] The APG III system of 2009 thus does place Columelliaceae in the Bruniales.