They are temperate and subtropical woody vines, shrubs, and trees, native to Asia (Actinidia or kiwifruit, Clematoclethra, and Saurauia) and Central America and South America (Saurauia only). (wikipedia.org)
Furthermore, biological characteristics of the cells, and molecular evidence have confirmed the three genera currently circumscribed in the Actinidiaceae, Clematoclethra, Saurauia, and Actinidia, do indeed form a monophyletic group. (wikipedia.org)
Kiwifruit1
The fruit is usually a berry, such as the edible kiwifruit, a cultivar from the genus Actinidia. (wikipedia.org)
Studies4
Multiple studies using genetic evidence now firmly place the Actinidiaceae in the Ericoid clade, a monophyletic group consisting of the Ericaceae, the Cyrillaceae, the Clethraceae, the Sarraceniaceae, and the Roridulaceae. (wikipedia.org)
What genera were to be placed in the Actinidiaceae before recent genetic and micromorphological studies emerged was highly controversial. (wikipedia.org)
Thus, before more detailed studies started, two to four genera could be placed within the Actinidiaceae. (wikipedia.org)
Manual 26.29 HN - 2002 BX - Calamus Root BX - Sedge, Sweet MH - Actinidia UI - D029042 MN - B6.388.100.928.124.500 MS - A plant species of the family ACTINIDIACEAE, order Theales. (nih.gov)
Manual 26.29 HN - 2002 BX - Kiwi Plant MH - Actinidiaceae UI - D029041 MN - B6.388.100.928.124 MS - A plant family of the order Theales, subclass Dilleniidae, class Magnoliopsida. (nih.gov)