Author:
Qjure
Book:
Qjurious
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Info
Chapter:
3-644.24.00
Picrodendraceae
Clades: Malpighiales; Fabidae; Fabanae; Angiospermae; Plants.
Genera: 24; 80 species.
Habitat: subtropical to tropical
Region: New Guinea, Australia, New Caledonia, Madagascar, continental Africa, and tropical America.
Taxonomy
Picrodendraceae is closest relative to Phyllanthaceae. In old classifications it was known as the subfamily Oldfieldioideae of the Euphorbiaceae.
Tribes Genera
Caletieae
Dissiliariinae: Austrobuxus, Choriceras, Dissiliaria, Longetia, Sankowskya, Whyanbeelia
Hyaenanchinae: Hyaenanche
Petalostigmatinae: Petalostigma
Pseudanthinae: Kairothamnus, Micrantheum, Neoroepera, Pseudanthus, Scagea
Picrodendreae
Mischodontinae: Androstachys, Aristogeitonia, Mischodon, Stachyandra, Voatamalo
Paiveusinae, Oldfieldia
Picrodendrinae: Celaenodendron, Parodiodendron, Picrodendron, Piranhea
Podocalyceae
Paradrypetinae: Paradrypetes
Tetracoccinae: Tetracoccus, Halliophytum.
Podocalycinae: Podocalyx