Lythraceae
Lythrum salicaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Myrtales Family: Lythraceae J.St-Hil.
Genera
32 (28); see text. Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) from the US Department of Transportation FHWA. File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. ... Divisions Green algae land plants (embryophytes) non-vascular embryophytes Hepatophyta - liverworts Anthocerophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses vascular plants (tracheophytes) seedless vascular plants Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongue ferns seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta... It has been suggested that Angiospermae, and Anthophyta be merged into this article or section. ... Magnoliopsida is the botanical name for a class: this name is formed by replacing the termination -aceae in the name Magnoliaceae by the termination -opsida (Art 16 of the ICBN). ... Families See text. ...

Lythraceae is a family of flowering plants. It includes 500-600 species of mostly herbs, with some shrubs and trees, in 32 genera. Lythraceae have a worldwide distribution, with most species in the tropics but ranging into temperate climate regions as well. In biological classification, family (Latin: familia, plural familiae) is 1) a rank or 2) a taxon in that rank. ... It has been suggested that Angiospermae, and Anthophyta be merged into this article or section. ... In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biodiversity. ... dvdsvdxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Herbs: basil Herbs (IPA: hə()b, or əb; see pronunciation differences) are plants grown for any purpose other than food, wood or beauty. ... hiii, This article is on plants. ... For other uses, see Tree (disambiguation). ... For other uses of the word, please see Genus (disambiguation). ...

The family is named after the type genus, Lythrum, the loosestrifes (e.g. Lythrum salicaria Purple loosestrife). It now also includes the pomegranate, formerly classed in a separate family Punicaceae. Species See text Lythrum is a genus commonly known as loosestrife. ... Genus commonly known as loosestrife. ... Binomial name Lythrum salicaria L. Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Lythrum salicaria Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) is a semi-aquatic herbaceous plant belonging to the loosestrife family, Lythraceae, native to the wetlands of Eurasia. ... Binomial name Punica granatum L. The Pomegranate (Punica granatum) is a fruit-bearing deciduous shrub or small tree growing to 5–8 m tall. ... Species L. Balf. ...

Genera

• Subfamily Lythroideae Juss. ex Arn. 1832 = 'Lythraceae sensu stricto', 28 genera:
  • Adenaria
  • Ammannia
  • Capuronia
  • Crenea
  • Cuphea
  • Decodon
  • Didiplis
  • Diplusodon
  • Galpinia
  • Ginoria
  • Haitia
  • Heimia
  • Hionanthera
  • Koehneria
  • Lafoensia
  • Lagerstroemia
  • Lawsonia
  • Lourtella
  • Lythrum
  • Nesaea
  • Pehria
  • Pemphis
  • Peplis
  • Physocalymma
  • Pleurophora
  • Rotala
  • Tetrataxis
  • Woodfordia
• Subfamily Punicoideae (Horan. 1834) S. A. Graham, Thorne & Reveal 1998 = 'Punicaceae'
  • Punica
• Subfamily Sonneratioideae (Engl. & Gilg 1924) S. A. Graham, Thorne & Reveal 1998
  • Sonneratia
• Subfamily Duabangoideae (Takht. 1986) S. A. Graham, Thorne & Reveal 1998 = 'Duabangaceae'
  • Duabanga
• Subfamily Trapoideae Voigt 1845 = 'Trapaceae'
  • Trapa

Portrait of Antoine-Laurent de Jussieu Antoine Laurent de Jussieu (April 12, 1748 - September 17, 1836) was a French botanist. ... George Arnott Walker-Arnott (1799-1868) was a Scottish botanist. ... Cuphea is a genus of low-growing annual plants that grow in the Western Hemisphere. ... Species Heimia myrtifolia Heimia salicifolia Sinicuichi (Heimia), also known as Sun Opener or Shrubby Yellowcrest, is a genus of two or three species of shrubs in the family Lythraceae, native to the New World, from northern Argentina north to the southernmost United States (southern Texas). ... Species About 50, including: Lagerstroemia indica Lagerstroemia speciosa The Crape-myrtles Lagerstroemia are a genus of about 50 species of deciduous and evergreen trees or large shrubs native to east Asia and Australia. ... Species Lawsonia inermis Henna is a dye made from the dried leaf and petiole of Lawsonia alba Lam. ... Species See text Lythrum is a genus commonly known as loosestrife. ... Nesaea, one of the Nereids who gathered round Thetis in her sympathetic grief for Achilles loss of Patroclus (Iliad XVIII), furnishes the name for a genus of plants in the family Lythraceae. ... Species L. Balf. ... Species L. Balf. ... Adolf Engler (1844 – 1930) was a German botanist, perhaps The German Botanist. He is very important, among other complishments, for his works on Plant Taxonomy and Phytogeography, like Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien (The natural plant families), edited with Karl A. E. von Prantl. ... Sonneratia is a genus of plants in the family Lythraceae. ... Armen Takhtajan (born 1910), aka Armen Leonovich Takhtadjan or Takhtadzhian, is a Soviet-Armenian botanist, one of the most important figures in 20th Century plant evolution and systematics and biogeography. ... Species Duabanga grandiflora (Roxb. ... Woldemar Voigt (September 2, 1850 - December 13, 1919) was a German physicist. ... Genera Trapa Trapaceae consists solely of the genus Trapa. ... Species Trapa bicornis Trapa natans Trapa is the genus of the water caltrop, , and the horn nut, . Categories: | ...

References

• Graham, S. A., Thorne & Reveal (May 1998). "Validation of subfamily names in Lythraceae". Taxon 47 (2): 435-436. 
• Little S. A., Stockey R. A., and Keating, R. C. (2004). "Duabanga-like leaves from the Middle Eocene Princeton chert and comparative leaf histology of Lythraceae sensu lato". American Journal of Botany 91: 1126-1139. 
• Lythraceae in L.Watson and M.J.Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval.