664.45.00 LecythidaceaeBotany: 20 genera; 250-300 species; tropical; South America, Africa, Asia; big rainforest trees, woody, large with buttresses.
TaxonomyIn the Apg3 system
Lecythidaceae is a
Family in the Order
Ericales. The circumscription has varied in several systems. Sometimes genera have been excluded from
Lecythidaceae to form small families like Foetidiaceae, Planchonaceae, Barringtoniaceae, Scytopetalaceae and Napoleonaeaceae.
In the
Plant theory Lecythidaceae is a family in the Order
Sapotales, which is placed in the Subclass
Ericidae.
Lecythidaceae is placed in
Subphase 5.
IntroductionWe have no homeopathic information about
Lecythidaceae.
Subfamilies:Foetidioideae (Foetidiaceae).
Madagascar. Includes only Foetidia.
Planchonioideae (including Barringtoniaceae); Old World tropics.
Lecythidoideae (
Lecythidaceae); New World tropics.
Scytopetalaceae and Napoleonaeaceae are most closely related to
Lecythidaceae.