Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Wonderful Plants
Type:
Family
Chapter:
644.26.00
644.26.00 Putranjivaceae
Botany: 4 genera; ± 210; tropical; trees; formerly in Phyllanthoideae in Euphorbiaceae.
Lophopyxidaceae: 1 genus, Lophopyxis; 2 species; tendrillate lianas; Sunda Islands.
Taxonomy
In the Apg3 classification Putranjivaceae is a Family in Malpighiales. Lophopyxidaceae is closely related to Putranjivaceae.
In the Plant theory Putranjivaceae is treated in the same way. It is placed tentatively in Subphase 6.