Samydaceae is a family of tropical and subtropical woody plants, its best known genus being ''

Casearia ''Casearia'' is a plant genus in the family Salicaceae. The genus was included in the Flacourtiaceae under the Cronquist system of angiosperm classification, and earlier in the Samydaceae. Recent research indicates that the latter group might ...

''. It has always been of uncertain placement, in the past usually being submerged in the family

Flacourtiaceae The Flacourtiaceae is a defunct family of flowering plants whose former members have been scattered to various families, mostly to the Achariaceae and Salicaceae. It was so vaguely defined that hardly anything seemed out of place there and it beca ...

. A 2002 paper included the Samydaceae in the family

Salicaceae The Salicaceae is the willow family of flowering plants. The traditional family (Salicaceae ''sensu stricto'') included the willows, poplar, aspen, and cottonwoods. Genetic studies summarized by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG) have greatly ...

, a placement accepted in the APG III system onwards and also by Plants of the World Online . This placement has by no means been universally accepted.Alford, Mac H. 2007. Samydaceae. Version 6 February 2007 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Samydaceae/68361/2007.02.06 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

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Tree of Life Samydaceae
Malpighiales Malpighiales families Historically recognized angiosperm families {{Malpighiales-stub