Picrodendraceae is a family of

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s, consisting of 80 speciesStephens, P.F. (2001 onwards).

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. Version 9, June 2008. http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/APweb/ in 25 genera. These are

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and found in

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, continental

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, and tropical

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. Its closest relatives are

Phyllanthaceae Phyllanthaceae is a Family (biology), family of flowering plants in the eudicot Order (biology), order Malpighiales. It is most closely related to the family Picrodendraceae.Kenneth J. Wurdack and Charles C. Davis. 2009. "Malpighiales phylogeneti ...

. This family used to be known as the subfamily Oldfieldioideae of the

Euphorbiaceae Euphorbiaceae (), the spurge family, is a large family of flowering plants. In English, they are also commonly called euphorbias, which is also the name of Euphorbia, the type genus of the family. Most spurges, such as ''Euphorbia paralias'', ar ...

Taxonomy

The family contains about 80 species organised into 24 genera (or three tribes of ten subtribes).

Genera

25 genera are accepted. * '' Androstachys'' * '' Aristogeitonia'' * '' Austrobuxus'' * '' Choriceras'' * '' Dissiliaria'' * '' Hyaenanche'' * '' Kairothamnus'' * '' Longetia'' * '' Micrantheum'' * ''

Mischodon ''Mischodon'' is a genus in the family (biology), family Picrodendraceae, described in 1854. The only known species is ''Mischodon zeylanicus'', a tree native to southern India, Sri Lanka, and the Andaman Islands.Balakrishnan, N.P. & Chakrabarty, ...

'' * '' Neoroepera'' * '' Oldfieldia'' * '' Parodiodendron'' * '' Petalostigma'' * '' Picrodendron'' * '' Piranhea'' * '' Podocalyx'' * '' Pseudanthus'' * '' Sankowskya'' * '' Scagea'' * '' Stachyandra'' * '' Stachystemon'' * '' Tetracoccus'' * '' Voatamalo'' * '' Whyanbeelia''

References

Malpighiales families {{Malpighiales-stub