Picrodendraceae is a family of flowering plants, consisting of 80 species in 24 genera.[3] These are subtropical to tropical and found in New Guinea, Australia, New Caledonia, Madagascar, continental Africa, and tropical America. Its closest relatives are Phyllanthaceae.
| Picrodendraceae Temporal range:
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| Tetracoccus dioicus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Picrodendraceae Small[2] |
| Tribes | |
This family used to be known as the subfamily Oldfieldioideae of the Euphorbiaceae.
Taxonomy
editThe family contains about 80 species organised into 24 genera (or three tribes of ten subtribes).
Genera
edit- Androstachys
- Aristogeitonia
- Austrobuxus
- Celaenodendron
- Choriceras
- Dissiliaria
- Hyaenanche
- Kairothamnus
- Longetia
- Micrantheum
- Mischodon
- Neoroepera
- Oldfieldia
- Paradrypetes
- Parodiodendron
- Petalostigma
- Picrodendron
- Piranhea
- Podocalyx
- Pseudanthus
- Scagea
- Stachyandra
- Stachystemon
- Tetracoccus
- Voatamalo
- Whyanbeelia
References
edit- ^ "Malpighiales". www.mobot.org. Retrieved 2023-06-16.
- ^ Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 161 (2): 105–121. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x. hdl:10654/18083. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-05-25. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
- ^ Stephens, P.F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 9, June 2008. http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/APweb/
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