Picrodendraceae is a family of
flowering plants, consisting of 80 species in 24 genera.
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subtropical
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to
tropical and found in
New Guinea,
Australia
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New Caledonia
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Madagascar, continental
Africa, and tropical
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. Its closest relatives are
Phyllanthaceae.
This family used to be known as the subfamily Oldfieldioideae of the
Euphorbiaceae.
Taxonomy
The family contains about 80 species organised into three tribes, ten subtribes and 24 genera.
Genera
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Androstachys''
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Aristogeitonia
''Aristogeitonia'' is a plant genus in the family Picrodendraceae, described as a genus in 1908. It is native to Africa and Madagascar.Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and ...
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Austrobuxus''
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Celaenodendron
''Piranhea'' is a plant genus under the family Picrodendraceae described as a genus in 1866.
''Piranhea'' is native to South America and to Mexico.Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Eupho ...
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Choriceras
''Choriceras'' is a genus of plants in the family Picrodendraceae first described as a genus in 1874.
''Choriceras'' is native to New Guinea and to northern Australia.Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and B ...
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Dissiliaria
''Dissiliaria'' is a genus of plants under the family Picrodendraceae described as a genus in 1867.
The entire genus is endemic to the State of Queensland.
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# '' Dissiliaria baloghioides'' F.Muell. ex Baill
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Hyaenanche
''Hyaenanche globosa'' is a species of plant under the family Picrodendraceae. It is the sole member of the genus ''Hyaenanche'' and the subtribe ''Hyaenanchinae''. It is endemic to Cape Province in South Africa.
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Kairothamnus''
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Longetia''
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Micrantheum''
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Mischodon''
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Neoroepera''
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Oldfieldia''
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Paradrypetes''
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Parodiodendron
''Parodiodendron'' is a monotypic plant genus under the family Picrodendraceae, described as a genus in 1969. The sole species is ''Parodiodendron marginivillosum'' .
It is found in northern Argentina (Jujuy and Salta Provinces), Bolivia (Tarija ...
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Petalostigma
''Petalostigma'' is a genus of plants under the family Picrodendraceae and the monogeneric subtribe Petalostigmatinae, first defined by von Mueller in 1857. It is native to New Guinea and Australia. They are evergreen, dioecious shrubs or trees.
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Picrodendron
''Picrodendron'' is a genus of plant belonging to the family Picrodendraceae described as a genus in 1859.
''Picrodendron'' contains only one known species, ''Picrodendron baccatum'', native to the West Indies (Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, His ...
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Piranhea
''Piranhea'' is a plant genus under the family Picrodendraceae described as a genus in 1866.
''Piranhea'' is native to South America and to Mexico.Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Eupho ...
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Podocalyx
''Podocalyx'' is a plant genus under the family Picrodendraceae described in 1841. It is the sole genus in the subtribe Podocalycinae. There is only one known species, ''Podocalyx loranthoides'', a tree native to Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, and n ...
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Pseudanthus
''Pseudanthus'' is a genus of plants under the family Picrodendraceae. The genus is endemic to Australia described as a genus in 1827.
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moved to '' Stachystemon''
*''Pseudanthus axillaris'' (A.S.George) Radcl.-Sm ...
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Scagea
''Scagea'' is a genus of plants under the family Picrodendraceae described as a genus in 1986.
The entire genus is endemic to New Caledonia
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Stachyandra
''Stachyandra'' is a plant genus in the family Picrodendraceae first described as a genus in 1990.Radcliffe-Smith, Alan. 1990. Notes on Madagascan Euphorbiaceae, III. ''Stachyandra''. Kew Bulletin 45(3): 561–568
The entire genus is endemic to ...
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Stachystemon
''Stachystemon'' is a plant genus in the family Picrodendraceae first described as a genus in 1845.
The entire genus is endemic to the State of Western Australia.Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bi ...
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Tetracoccus''
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Voatamalo
''Voatamalo'' is a plant genus in the family Picrodendraceae first described as a genus in 1976.Bosser, Jean M. 1976. Adansonia: recueil périodique d'observations botanique, n.s. 15: 333-340
The entire genus is endemic to Madagascar.
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Whyanbeelia
''Whyanbeelia'' is a genus of plants under the family Picrodendraceae described as a genus in 1976.
There is only one known species, ''Whyanbeelia terrae-reginae'', endemic to the Cook region of the Australia
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References
Malpighiales families
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