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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Bixaceae
| image = Bixa bluete.jpg
| image_width = 200px
| image_caption = Achiote (''[[Bixa orellana]]'')
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Malvales]]
| familia = '''Bixaceae'''
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision =
''[[Amoreuxia]]'' ([[yellowshow]])<br/>
''[[Bixa]]'' ([[achiote]])<br/>
''[[Cochlospermum]]''
}}
'''Bixaceae''', or the '''achiote family''', is a [[family (biology)|family]] of [[dicotyledon]]ous [[plant]]s. Under the Cronquist system, it was traditionally placed in the order [[Violales]]. However, newer arrangements move it, with some other families previously in the Violales families, into the [[Malvales]].
Bixaceae includes 3 genera and a total of 25 species, although ''Cochlospermum'' is sometimes placed into its own family, [[Cochlospermaceae]]. The best-known of the species in this family is the source of [[annatto]], the [[achiote]], which belongs to the type genus of the family.
Although small, this family has the diversity within to include [[tree]]s, [[herb]]s and [[shrub]]s. The plants are [[hermaphrodite|bisexual]], and all species have five [[sepal]]s. All plants within the Bixaceae produce a red, orange or yellow [[latex]].
== External links ==
* [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/bixaceae.htm Bixaceae] in [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/ L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval.] http://delta-intkey.com
[[Category:Malvales]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = Bixaceae
| image = Bixa bluete.jpg
| image_width = 200px
| image_caption = Achiote (''[[Bixa orellana]]'')
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Malvales]]
| familia = '''Bixaceae'''
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision =
''[[Amoreuxia]]'' ([[yellowshow]])<br/>
''[[Bixa]]'' ([[achiote]])<br/>
''[[Cochlospermum]]''
}}
'''Bixaceae''', or the '''achiote family''', is a [[family (biology)|family]] of [[dicotyledon]]ous [[plant]]s. Under the Cronquist system, it was traditionally placed in the order [[Violales]]. However, newer arrangements move it, with some other families previously in the Violales families, into the [[Malvales]].
Bixaceae includes 3 genera and a total of 25 species, although ''Cochlospermum'' is sometimes placed into its own family, [[Cochlospermaceae]]. The best-known of the species in this family is the source of [[annatto]], the [[achiote]], which belongs to the type genus of the family.
Although small, this family has the diversity within to include [[tree]]s, [[herb]]s and [[shrub]]s. The plants are [[hermaphrodite|bisexual]], and all species have five [[sepal]]s. All plants within the Bixaceae produce a red, orange or yellow [[latex]].
== External links ==
* [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/bixaceae.htm Bixaceae] in [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/ L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval.] http://delta-intkey.com
[[Category:Malvales]]
