Macarthuriaceae

Macarthuriaceae is a family of plants in the order Caryophyllales and consists of a single genus, "Macarthuria".
Description.
Macarthuriaceae are rigid or wiry, rush-like herbs or subshrubs with green stems and reduced leaves. The small flowers have five perianth members, sometimes also five "petals", and eight stamens fused at the base.
Taxonomy.
In 2009, "Macarthuria" was placed with "Limeum" in the Limeaceae, based on its morphology, but at that time no molecular material of "Macarthuria" had been examined. Prior to this, Endress and Bittrich had placed it in the family Molluginaceae. However, in 2011, molecular evidence was published, showing that "Macarthuria" is sister to all core Caryophyllales. Thus, "Macarthuria" needed to be placed in a family of its own, Macarthuriaceae.