Phyllanthaceae

Taxobox
name = Phyllanthaceae

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image_caption = "Breynia disticha"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Malpighiales
familia = Phyllanthaceae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = See Taxonomy of the Phyllanthaceae.

The Phyllanthaceae is a plant family (biology), previously known as subfamily Phyllanthoideae of the Euphorbiaceae. [cite journal |author=Kathriarachchi H, Hoffmann P, Samuel R, Wurdack KJ, Chase MW |title=Molecular phylogenetics of Phyllanthaceae inferred from five genes (plastid atpB, matK, 3'ndhF, rbcL, and nuclear PHYC) |journal=Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. |volume=36 |issue=1 |pages=112–34 |year=2005 |pmid=15904861 |doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2004.12.002] The subfamily Phyllanthoideae was split up from the Euphorbiaceae as a result of lineage analysis. The family comprises 9 tribes, 56 genera and about 1725 species of trees, shrubs and herbs distributed in all tropical regions of the world.

Taxonomy

This family's circumscription is nearly coincident with that of ex-Phyllanthoideae, except for the tribe Drypeteae which has become family Putranjivaceae.

References

External links

* [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=233880 Phyllanthaceae] NCBI Taxonomy browser