Lythraceae

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Lythraceae
Lythrum salicaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Myrtales Family: Lythraceae J.St-Hil.
Genera
32 (28); see text.

Lythraceae is a family of flowering plants. It includes 500-600 species of mostly herbs, with some shrubs and trees, in 32 genera. Lythraceae have a worldwide distribution, with most species in the tropics but ranging into temperate climate regions as well.

The family is named after the type genus, Lythrum, the loosestrifes (e.g. Lythrum salicaria Purple loosestrife). It now also includes the pomegranate, formerly classed in a separate family Punicaceae.

[edit] Genera

• Subfamily Lythroideae Juss. ex Arn. 1832 = 'Lythraceae sensu stricto', 28 genera:
  • Adenaria
  • Ammannia
  • Capuronia
  • Crenea
  • Cuphea
  • Decodon
  • Didiplis
  • Diplusodon
  • Galpinia
  • Ginoria
  • Haitia
  • Heimia
  • Hionanthera
  • Koehneria
  • Lafoensia
  • Lagerstroemia
  • Lawsonia
  • Lourtella
  • Lythrum
  • Nesaea
  • Pehria
  • Pemphis
  • Peplis
  • Physocalymma
  • Pleurophora
  • Rotala
  • Tetrataxis
  • Woodfordia
• Subfamily Punicoideae (Horan. 1834) S. A. Graham, Thorne & Reveal 1998 = 'Punicaceae'
  • Punica
• Subfamily Sonneratioideae (Engl. & Gilg 1924) S. A. Graham, Thorne & Reveal 1998
  • Sonneratia
• Subfamily Duabangoideae (Takht. 1986) S. A. Graham, Thorne & Reveal 1998 = 'Duabangaceae'
  • Duabanga
• Subfamily Trapoideae Voigt 1845 = 'Trapaceae'
  • Trapa

[edit] References

• Graham, S. A., Thorne & Reveal (May 1998). "Validation of subfamily names in Lythraceae". Taxon 47 (2): 435-436. 
• Little S. A., Stockey R. A., and Keating, R. C. (2004). "Duabanga-like leaves from the Middle Eocene Princeton chert and comparative leaf histology of Lythraceae sensu lato". American Journal of Botany 91: 1126-1139. 
• Lythraceae in L.Watson and M.J.Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval.