Opiliaceae

Opiliaceae is a family of flowering plants comprising 11 genera and 33 known species.^[3] It consists of tropical woody plants. Several genera contain parasitic species. The biggest genus, in number of species and in stature of the individual plants, is Agonandra, the only American genus.

Opiliaceae
Opilia amentacea[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Santalales
Family:	Opiliaceae Valeton[2]
Genera
Agonandra Cansjera Champereia Gjellerupia Lepionurus Melientha Opilia Pentarhopalopilia Rhopalopilia Urobotrya Yunnanopilia

Agonandra brasiliensis

Since it was first described this family has been recognized universally by taxonomists. The APG II system, of 2003 (unchanged from the APG system, of 1998), also recognizes this family and assigns it to the order Santalales in the clade core eudicots.