'''Brestovke''' (-{''Ulmaceae''}-) su [[family (biology)|familija]] [[flowering plant|cvetajućih biljki]] koja obuhvata [[Брест (биљка)|brestove]] (rod -{''Ulmus''}-), i [[Zelkova|zelkove]] (rod -{''Zelkova''}-).<ref>{{cite journal | last = Denk | first = T | author2 = GW Grimm | title = Phylogeny and biogeography of ''Zelkova'' (Ulmaceae ''sensu stricto'') as inferred from leaf morphology, ITS sequence data and the fossil record | journal = [[Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society|Bot J Linn Soc]] | volume = 147 | issue = 2 | pages = 129–157 | date = 2005 | doi = 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2005.00354.x}}</ref> Članovi ove familije su široko rasprostranjeni u severnoj [[Умерена клима|umerenoj zoni]], i imaju raspršena distribucija drugdje osim [[Australasia|Australazije]].<ref name="Watson">{{cite web|last = Watson|first = L.|author2=Dallwitz, M. J. |title = The Families of Flowering Plants: Ulmaceae Mirb.|date = 1992 onwards|url = http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/ulmaceae.htm|accessdate = 21 November 2006 }}</ref><ref name="stevens">{{cite web|last = Stevens|first = P|title = Angiosperm Phylogeny Website|publisher = Missouri Botanical Garden|date = 2001 |url = http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/APweb/welcome.html|accessdate = 21 November 2006 }}</ref>
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Ova familija je ranije donekle bila obuhvatala [[Celtis|hackberrieskopriviće]], (-{''Celtis''}- andi alliesslično), butali analysisje by theanaliza [[AngiospermAPG|grupa istraživača Phylogenyfilogenije Groupskrivenosemenica]] memberspokazala suggestsda thatje thesebolje generasmestiti arete betterrodove placedu insrodnu the related familyfamiliju -{[[Cannabaceae]]}-. Ograničenje Thenavedeno circumscriptionu includedtakosonomskoj inkutiji theje taxoboxpredložio isP. theStivens onena suggestednjegovom byvebsajtu P.filogenije Stevensskrivenosemenica onBotaničke hisbašte MissouriMisuri, Botanicali Gardenuključuje Angiosperminformacije Phylogenyo Websitefamilijama andvaskularnih includesbiljki informationi fromspisak therodova [[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|Kraljevskih botaničkih vrtova]], Vascular Plant Families and Genera list-{''Kew''}-.<ref name="stevens"/> Generalno Itse generallysmatra isda considered to include caobuhvata 7 generarodova andi aboutoko 45 speciesvrsta.<ref name="Christenhusz-Byng2016">{{cite journal | author = Christenhusz, M. J. M. |author2= Byng, J. W. | year = 2016 | title = The number of known plants species in the world and its annual increase | journal = Phytotaxa | volume = 261 | pages = 201–217 | url = http://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/download/phytotaxa.261.3.1/20598 | doi = 10.11646/phytotaxa.261.3.1 | issue = 3 }}</ref> SomePojedine classificationsklasifikacije alsotakođe includeuključuju the genusrod -{''[[Ampelocera]]''}-.<ref name="Ueda">{{cite journal|last = Ueda|first = Kunihiko |author2=K Kosuge |author3=H Tobe|title = A molecular phylogeny of Celtidaceae and Ulmaceae (Urticales) based on ''rbcL'' nucleotide sequences |journal = Journal of Plant Research |volume = 110|issue = 2|pages = 171–178|date=June 1997|doi = 10.1007/BF02509305}}</ref>
