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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Lythraceae
| image = Purple loosestrife.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Lythrum salicaria''
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Myrtales]]
| familia = '''Lythraceae'''
| familia_authority = [[J.St-Hil.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision = 32 (28); see text.
}}
'''Lythraceae''' is a [[family (biology)|family]] of [[flowering plant]]s. It includes 500-600 [[species]] of mostly [[herb]]s, with some [[shrub]]s and [[tree]]s, in 32 [[genus|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 [[loosestrife]]s (e.g. ''Lythrum salicaria'' [[Purple loosestrife]]). It now also includes the [[pomegranate]], formerly classed in a separate family [[Punicaceae]].
==Genera==
*'''Subfamily''' Lythroideae <small>[[Antoine Laurent de Jussieu|Juss.]] ex [[Arn.]] 1832</small> = 'Lythraceae [[sensu stricto]]', 28 genera:
**''[[Adenaria]]''
**''[[Ammannia]]''
**''[[Capuronia]]''
**''[[Crenea]]''
**''[[Cuphea]]''
**''[[Decodon]]''
**''[[Didiplis]]''
**''[[Diplusodon]]''
**''[[Galpinia]]''
**''[[Ginoria]]''
**''[[Haitia]]''
**''[[Heimia]]''
**''[[Hionanthera]]''
**''[[Koehneria]]''
**''[[Lafoensia]]''
**''[[Lagerstroemia]]''
**''[[Lawsonia (plant genus)|Lawsonia]]''
**''[[Lourtella]]''
**''[[Lythrum]]''
**''[[Nesaea]]''
**''[[Pehria]]''
**''[[Pemphis]]''
**''[[Peplis]]''
**''[[Physocalymma]]''
**''[[Pleurophora]]''
**''[[Rotala]]''
**''[[Tetrataxis]]''
**''[[Woodfordia]]''
*'''Subfamily''' Punicoideae <small>([[Horan.]] 1834) S. A. Graham, Thorne & Reveal 1998</small> = '[[Punicaceae]]'
**''[[Punica]]''
*'''Subfamily''' Sonneratioideae <small>([[Adolf Engler|Engl.]] & [[Gilg]] 1924) S. A. Graham, Thorne & Reveal 1998</small>
**''[[Sonneratia]]''
*'''Subfamily''' Duabangoideae <small>([[Takht.]] 1986) S. A. Graham, Thorne & Reveal 1998</small> = 'Duabangaceae'
**''[[Duabanga]]''
*'''Subfamily''' Trapoideae <small>[[Voigt]] 1845</small> = '[[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}}
*{{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|url=http://www.amjbot.org/cgi/content/abstract/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.
{{Myrtales-stub}}
[[Category:Plant families]]
[[Category:Myrtales]]
[[Category:Lythraceae| ]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = Lythraceae
| image = Purple loosestrife.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Lythrum salicaria''
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Myrtales]]
| familia = '''Lythraceae'''
| familia_authority = [[J.St-Hil.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision = 32 (28); see text.
}}
'''Lythraceae''' is a [[family (biology)|family]] of [[flowering plant]]s. It includes 500-600 [[species]] of mostly [[herb]]s, with some [[shrub]]s and [[tree]]s, in 32 [[genus|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 [[loosestrife]]s (e.g. ''Lythrum salicaria'' [[Purple loosestrife]]). It now also includes the [[pomegranate]], formerly classed in a separate family [[Punicaceae]].
==Genera==
*'''Subfamily''' Lythroideae <small>[[Antoine Laurent de Jussieu|Juss.]] ex [[Arn.]] 1832</small> = 'Lythraceae [[sensu stricto]]', 28 genera:
**''[[Adenaria]]''
**''[[Ammannia]]''
**''[[Capuronia]]''
**''[[Crenea]]''
**''[[Cuphea]]''
**''[[Decodon]]''
**''[[Didiplis]]''
**''[[Diplusodon]]''
**''[[Galpinia]]''
**''[[Ginoria]]''
**''[[Haitia]]''
**''[[Heimia]]''
**''[[Hionanthera]]''
**''[[Koehneria]]''
**''[[Lafoensia]]''
**''[[Lagerstroemia]]''
**''[[Lawsonia (plant genus)|Lawsonia]]''
**''[[Lourtella]]''
**''[[Lythrum]]''
**''[[Nesaea]]''
**''[[Pehria]]''
**''[[Pemphis]]''
**''[[Peplis]]''
**''[[Physocalymma]]''
**''[[Pleurophora]]''
**''[[Rotala]]''
**''[[Tetrataxis]]''
**''[[Woodfordia]]''
*'''Subfamily''' Punicoideae <small>([[Horan.]] 1834) S. A. Graham, Thorne & Reveal 1998</small> = '[[Punicaceae]]'
**''[[Punica]]''
*'''Subfamily''' Sonneratioideae <small>([[Adolf Engler|Engl.]] & [[Gilg]] 1924) S. A. Graham, Thorne & Reveal 1998</small>
**''[[Sonneratia]]''
*'''Subfamily''' Duabangoideae <small>([[Takht.]] 1986) S. A. Graham, Thorne & Reveal 1998</small> = 'Duabangaceae'
**''[[Duabanga]]''
*'''Subfamily''' Trapoideae <small>[[Voigt]] 1845</small> = '[[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}}
*{{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|url=http://www.amjbot.org/cgi/content/abstract/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.
{{Myrtales-stub}}
[[Category:Plant families]]
[[Category:Myrtales]]
[[Category:Lythraceae| ]]
