- Lythraceae
Taxobox
name = Lythraceae
image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Lythrum salicaria"
regnum =Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis =Magnoliopsida
ordo =Myrtales
familia = Lythraceae
familia_authority =J.St-Hil.
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = 32 (28); see text.Lythraceae is a family of
flowering plant s. It includes 500-600species of mostlyherb s, with someshrub s andtree s, 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 ", theloosestrife s (e.g. "Lythrum salicaria"Purple loosestrife ). It now also includes thepomegranate , formerly classed in a separate familyPunicaceae . The family also includes the widely cultivated crepe myrtle trees.Genera
*Subfamily Lythroideae Juss. ex Arn. 1832 = 'Lythraceae
sensu stricto ', 28 genera:
**"Adenaria "
**"Ammania "
**"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 TrapoideaeVoigt 1845 = 'Trapaceae '
**"Trapa "References
*cite journal|author=Graham, S. A., Thorne & Reveal|year=1998|month=May|title=Validation of subfamily names in "Lythraceae"|journal=Taxon|volume=47|issue=2|pages=435–436|url=http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0040-0262%28199805%2947%3A2%3C435%3AVOSNIL%3E2.0.CO%3B2-E|doi=10.2307/1223775
*cite journal|author=Little S. A., Stockey R. A., and Keating, R. C.|year=2004|title="Duabanga"-like leaves from the Middle Eocene Princeton chert and comparative leaf histology of Lythraceae sensu lato|journal=American Journal of Botany|volume=91|pages=1126–1139|doi= 10.3732/ajb.91.7.1126
* [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/lythrace.htm Lythraceae] in L.Watson and M.J.Dallwitz (1992 onwards). [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/ The families of flowering plants:] descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval.
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