Members: 31 genera, 620 species.
Region: worldwide.
BotanyHerbs, some shrubs and trees.
Stem: grouped vessels in wood.
Leaves: simple; opposite; exstipulate.
Flowers: hypanthium ribbed; petals emerge from the rim of the calyx tube, crumpled in the bud; 4 merous or 8 merous; valvulate calyx.
Seed: many-layered outer integument of the seed.
TaxonomyLythraceae is a
Family in
Myrtales in the
Apg3 classification.
In the
Plant theory it is treated in the same way and placed in
Subphase 1.
Subfamilies and generaSubfamily Lythroideae: Adenaria; Ammania; Capuronia; Crenea; Cuphea; Decodon; Didiplis; Diplusodon; Galpinia; Ginoria; Haitia; Heimia; Hionanthera; Koehneria; Lafoensia; Lagerstroemia; Lawsonia; Lourtella; Lythrum; Nesaea; Pehria; Pemphis; Physocalymma; Pleurophora; Rotala; Tetrataxis; Woodfordia; Subfamily Punicoideae: Punica.
Subfamily Sonneratioideae: Sonneratia.
Subfamily Duabangoideae: Duabanga.
Subfamily Trapoideae