Classification of Santalaceae
Hieronymus (1894, in Engler & Prantl)

Tribe Anthoboleae
1. Anthobolus R. Brown (1810)
2. Exocarpos Labill. (1800)
3. Champereia Griffith (1843) [now in Opiliaceae]

Tribe Osyrideae
4. Acanthosyris Grisebach (1879)
5. Buckleya Torr. (1843)
6. Cervantesia Ruiz. & Pav. (1794)
7. Choretrum R. Brown (1810)
8. Colpoon P. Bergius (1767)
9. Comandra Nutt. (1818)
10. Fusanus R. Brown (1810) [Now Colpoon, Mida, Santalum p.p]
11. Henslowia Blume (1851) [now = Dendrotrophe Miquel (1856)]
12. Jodina Meissmer (1837) [also sometimes spelled Iodina]
13. Leptomeria R. Brown (1810)
14. Omphacomeria (Endlicher) A. DC (1856)
15. Osyris L. (1753)
16. Phacellaria Bentham (1841)
17. Pyrularia Michaux (1803)
18. Santalum L. (1753)
19. Scleropyrum Arnott (1838)

Tribe Thesieae
20. Arjona Comm. ex Cav. (1797)
21. Osyridicarpos A. DC (1857)
22. Quinchamalium Molina (1782)
23. Thesidium Sonder (1857)
24. Thesium L. (1753)

Not known at time or not recognized as distinct:
Amphorogyne Stauffer & Hürlimann (1957)
Daenikera Hürlimann & Stauffer (1957)
Dendromyza Danser (1940)
Dendrotrophe Danser (1940)
Dufrenoya Chatin (1860)
Geocaulon Fern. (1928)
Kunkeliella Stearn (1972)
Mida Endlicher (1838) 
Myoschilos Ruiz & Pav. (1794)
Nanodea Gaertner (1807)
Nestronia Raf. (1836)
Okoubaka Pellegrin & Normand (1946)
Rhoiacarpos A. DC (1857)
Spirogardnera Stauffer (1968)

Engler & Krause (1935)
Loranthaceae ­ Viscoideae ­ Eremolepideae
Antidaphne Poeppig & Endlicher (1838)
Eremolepis Griseb. (1856) 
Eubrachion Hook. f. (1846)
Lepidoceras Hook. f. (1846)

Classification of Santalaceae
Pilger (1935, in Engler and Harms)

Tribe Anthoboleae
1. Anthobolus R. Brown (1810)
2. Exocarpos Labill. (1800)

Tribe Osyrideae
3. Acanthosyris Grisebach (1879)
4. Buckleya Torr. (1843)
5. Cervantesia Ruiz. & Pav. (1794)
6. Choretrum R. Brown (1810)
7. Colpoon P. Bergius (1767)
8. Comandra Nutt. (1818)
9. Darbya A. Gray (1846) [now = Nestronia Raf. (1836)]
10. Eucarya T. Mich. (1839) [now in Santalum L.]
11. Geocaulon Fern. (1928)
12. Henslowia Blume (1851) [now = Dendrotrophe Miquel (1856)]
13. Jodina Meissmer (1837) [also sometimes spelled Iodina]
14. Leptomeria R. Brown (1810)
15. Mida Endlicher (1838)
16. Myoschilos Ruiz & Pav. (1794)
17. Nanodea Gaertner (1807)
18. Omphacomeria (Endlicher) A. DC (1856)
19. Osyris L. (1753)
20. Phacellaria Bentham (1841)
21. Pyrularia Michaux (1803)
22. Rhoiacarpos A. DC (1857)
23. Santalum L. (1753)
24. Scleropyrum Arnott (1838)

Tribe Thesieae
25. Arjona Comm. ex Cav. (1797)
26. Osyridicarpos A. DC (1857)
27. Quinchamalium Molina (1782)
28. Thesidium Sonder (1857)
29. Thesium L. (1753)
30. Calyptosepalum S. Moore (1925), now considered Euphorbiaceae.

Not known at time or not recognized as distinct:
Amphorogyne Stauffer & Hürlimann (1957)
Daenikera Hürlimann & Stauffer (1957)
Dendromyza Danser (1940)
Dufrenoya Chatin (1860) [= Hylomyza Danser 1940)]
Kunkeliella Stearn (1972)
Okoubaka Pellegrin & Normand (1946)
Spirogardnera Stauffer (1968)

Engler and Krause (1935)
Loranthaceae ­ Viscoideae ­ Eremolepideae (in 1982 Eremolepidaceae)
Antidaphne Poeppig & Endlicher (1838)
Eremolepis Griseb. (1856)
Eubrachion Hook. f. (1846)
Lepidoceras Hook. f. (1846)

Classification of Santalaceae
Stauffer (1969)


This classification was not actually published as such, but can be assumed from his works. Genera in bold transferred from Pilger's Osyrideae.

Tribe Anthoboleae
1. Anthobolus R. Brown (1810)
2. Exocarpos Labill. (1800)
3. Omphacomeria (Endlicher) A. DC (1856)

Tribe Osyrideae
4. Acanthosyris Grisebach (1879)
5. Buckleya Torr. (1843)
6. Cervantesia Ruiz. & Pav. (1794)
7. Colpoon P. Bergius (1767)
8. Comandra Nutt. (1818)
9. Darbya A. Gray (1846) [now = Nestronia Raf. (1836)]
10. Eucarya T. Mich. (1839) [now in Santalum L.]
11. Geocaulon Fern. (1928)
12. Jodina Meissmer (1837) [also sometimes spelled Iodina]
13. Mida Endlicher (1838)
14. Myoschilos Ruiz & Pav. (1794)
15. Nanodea Gaertner (1807)
16. Okoubaka Pellegrin & Normand (1946) [transferred from Olacaceae]
17. Osyris L. (1753)
18. Pyrularia Michaux (1803)
19. Rhoiacarpos A. DC (1857)
20. Santalum L. (1753)
21. Scleropyrum Arnott (1838)

Tribe Thesieae
22. Arjona Comm. ex Cav. (1797)
23. Osyridicarpos A. DC (1857)
24. Quinchamalium Molina (1782)
25. Thesidium Sonder (1857)
26. Thesium L. (1753)
27. Kunkeliella Stearn (1972) [added by Stearn (1972) posthumously]

Tribe Amphorogyneae
28. Amphorogyne Stauffer & Hürlimann (1957)
29. Choretrum R. Brown (1810)
30. Cladomyza Danser (1940)
31. Daenikera Hürlimann & Stauffer (1957)
32. Dendromyza Danser (1940)
33. Dendrotrophe Miquel (1956) [previously Henslowia Blume (1851)]
34. Dufrenoya Chatin (1860) [= Hylomyza Danser 1940)]
35. Leptomeria R. Brown (1810)
36. Phacellaria Bentham (1841)

Loranthaceae ­ Viscoideae ­ Eremolepideae (in 1982 Eremolepidaceae)
Antidaphne Poeppig & Endlicher (1838)
Eubrachion Hook. f. (1846)
Lepidoceras Hook. f. (1846)

Classification of "Santalaceae" s. lat.
Nickrent & Der (2010)

Comandraceae

1. Comandra Nutt. (1818)
2. Geocaulon Fern. (1928)

Thesiaceae * see below

3. Buckleya Torr. (1843)
4. Kunkeliella Stearn (1972)
5. Osyridicarpos A. DC (1857)
6. Thesium L. (1753)
7. Thesidium Sonder (1857)

Cervantesiaceae

8. Acanthosyris Grisebach (1879)
9. Cervantesia Ruiz. & Pav. (1794)
10. Jodina Meissmer (1837)
11. Okoubaka Pellegrin & Normand (1946)
12. Pilgerina Rogers, Nickrent & Malécot (2008)
13. Pyrularia Michaux (1803)
14. Scleropyrum Arnott (1838)
15. Staufferia Rogers, Nickrent & Malécot (2008)

Nanodeaceae

16. Mida Endlicher (1838)
17. Nanodea Gaertner (1807)

Santalaceae s. str.

18. Antidaphne Poeppig & Endlicher (1838)
19. Colpoon P. Bergius (1767)
20. Eubrachion Hook. f. (1846)
21. Exocarpos Labill. (1800)
22. Lepidoceras Hook. f. (1846)
23. Omphacomeria (Endlicher) A. DC (1856)
24. Myoschilos Ruiz & Pav. (1794)
25. Nestronia Raf. (1836)
26. Osyris L. (1753)
27. Rhoiacarpos A. DC (1857)
28. Santalum L. (1753)

Amphorogynaceae

29. Amphorogyne Stauffer & Hürlimann (1957)
30. Choretrum R. Brown (1810)
31. Daenikera Hürlimann & Stauffer (1957)
32. Dendromyza Danser (1940)
33. Dendrotrophe Miquel (1956)
34. Dufrenoya Chatin
35. Leptomeria R. Brown (1810)
36. Phacellaria Bentham (1841)
37. Spirogardnera Stauffer (1968)

Excluded from Santalaceae

1. Anthobolus R. Brown (1810)  [now in Opiliaceae]
2. Arjona Comm. ex Cav. (1797) [now in Schoepfiaceae]
3. Quinchamalium Molina (1782) [now in Schoepfiaceae]

* Changes in Classification of  Thesiaceae since 2010

Thesiaceae

1. Buckleya Torr. (1843)
2. Lacomucinaea Nickrent & M. A. García (2015)
3. Osyridicarpos A. DC (1857)
4. Thesium L. (1753)  [includes Austroamericium Hendrych (1963), Chysothesium (Jaub. & Spach) Hendrych (1994), Kunkeliella Stearn (1972), Thesidium Sonder (1857)]

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