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:''For the epic poem ''Punica'', see [[Silius Italicus]].
{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Punica''
| image = Pomegranate fruit.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Punica granatum''
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| subclassis = [[Rosidae]]
| ordo = [[Myrtales]]
| familia = [[Lythraceae]]
| subfamilia = '''Punicoideae'''
| subfamilia_authority = ([[Horan.]]) Graham, Thorne & Reveal
| genus = '''''Punica'''''
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
''[[Punica granatum]]'' [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]<br>
''[[Punica protopunica]]'' [[John Hutton Balfour|Balf.]]
}}
'''''Punica''''' is a small genus of [[fruit]]-bearing [[deciduous]] [[shrub]] or small [[tree]]s. Its better-known species is the [[Pomegranate]] (''Punica granatum''). The only other species in the genus, the Socotra Pomegranate (''Punica protopunica''), is [[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] on the island of [[Socotra]]. It differs in having pink (not red) flowers and smaller, less sweet fruit.
Although previously placed in its own family of '''Punicaceae''', recent phylogenetic studies have shown that ''Punica'' belongs in the family [[Lythraceae]], and it is classified in that family by the [[Angiosperm Phylogeny Group]].
==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}}
* Graham, S. A., Hall, J., Sytsma, K., & Shi, S. (2005). Phylogenetic analysis of the Lythraceae based on four gene regions and morphology. ''Int. J. Pl. Sci''. 166: 995–1017.
*{{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}}
{{Myrtales-stub}}
[[Category:Lythraceae]]
{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Punica''
| image = Pomegranate fruit.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Punica granatum''
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| subclassis = [[Rosidae]]
| ordo = [[Myrtales]]
| familia = [[Lythraceae]]
| subfamilia = '''Punicoideae'''
| subfamilia_authority = ([[Horan.]]) Graham, Thorne & Reveal
| genus = '''''Punica'''''
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
''[[Punica granatum]]'' [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]<br>
''[[Punica protopunica]]'' [[John Hutton Balfour|Balf.]]
}}
'''''Punica''''' is a small genus of [[fruit]]-bearing [[deciduous]] [[shrub]] or small [[tree]]s. Its better-known species is the [[Pomegranate]] (''Punica granatum''). The only other species in the genus, the Socotra Pomegranate (''Punica protopunica''), is [[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] on the island of [[Socotra]]. It differs in having pink (not red) flowers and smaller, less sweet fruit.
Although previously placed in its own family of '''Punicaceae''', recent phylogenetic studies have shown that ''Punica'' belongs in the family [[Lythraceae]], and it is classified in that family by the [[Angiosperm Phylogeny Group]].
==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}}
* Graham, S. A., Hall, J., Sytsma, K., & Shi, S. (2005). Phylogenetic analysis of the Lythraceae based on four gene regions and morphology. ''Int. J. Pl. Sci''. 166: 995–1017.
*{{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}}
{{Myrtales-stub}}
[[Category:Lythraceae]]
