LYTHRACEAE

'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.

Contents

Genera

References

Genera

★ 'Subfamily' Lythroideae Juss. ex Arn. 1832 = 'Lythraceae sensu stricto', 28 genera:

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★ ''Adenaria''

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★ ''Ammannia''

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★ ''Capuronia''

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★ ''Crenea''

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★ ''Cuphea''

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★ ''Decodon''

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★ ''Didiplis''

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★ ''Diplusodon''

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★ ''Galpinia''

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★ ''Ginoria''

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★ ''Haitia''

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★ ''Heimia''

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★ ''Hionanthera''

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★ ''Koehneria''

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★ ''Lafoensia''

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★ ''Lagerstroemia''

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★ ''Lawsonia''

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★ ''Lourtella''

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★ ''Lythrum''

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★ ''Nesaea''

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★ ''Pehria''

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★ ''Pemphis''

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★ ''Peplis''

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★ ''Physocalymma''

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★ ''Pleurophora''

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★ ''Rotala''

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★ ''Tetrataxis''

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★ ''Woodfordia''

★ 'Subfamily' Punicoideae (Horan. 1834) S. A. Graham, Thorne & Reveal 1998 = 'Punicaceae'

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★ ''Punica''

★ 'Subfamily' Sonneratioideae (Engl. & Gilg 1924) S. A. Graham, Thorne & Reveal 1998

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★ ''Sonneratia''

★ 'Subfamily' Duabangoideae (Takht. 1986) S. A. Graham, Thorne & Reveal 1998 = 'Duabangaceae'

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★ ''Duabanga''

★ 'Subfamily' Trapoideae Voigt 1845 = 'Trapaceae'

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★ ''Trapa''

References

★ Validation of subfamily names in ''Lythraceae'', Graham, S. A., Thorne & Reveal, , , Taxon, 1998

★ ''Duabanga''-like leaves from the Middle Eocene Princeton chert and comparative leaf histology of Lythraceae sensu lato, Little S. A., Stockey R. A., and Keating, R. C., , , American Journal of Botany, 2004

★ Lythraceae in L.Watson and M.J.Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval.