Here is a full taxonomy of the family Euphorbiaceae, according to the most recent molecular research. [1] This complex family previously comprised five subfamilies: [1] the Acalyphoideae, the Crotonoideae, the Euphorbioideae, the Phyllanthoideae and the Oldfieldioideae. The first three are uni-ovulate families, and the last two are bi-ovulate.
Now the Euphorbiaceae has been split into five families: The three uni-ovulate subfamilies have become the Euphorbiaceae in the strict sense, with the tribe Galearieae in the Acalyphoideae forming the most of the family Pandaceae. [1] Part of the bi-ovulate subfamily Phyllanthoideae has become the family Phyllanthaceae, [1] with the tribe Drypeteae as family Putranjivaceae. [1] The other bi-ovulate subfamily Oldfieldioideae has become the Picrodendraceae. [1]
Plants of the World Online places genus Phyllanoa in Euphorbiaceae. [2] Hayden et al. place it in Violaceae. [3]
There are 12 subtribes and 32 genera:
There are 6 genera:
There are 4 genera:
There are 2 subtribes and 7 genera:
There are 2 genera:
There are 6 genera:
There are 3 genera:
This tribe has 2 genera:
There are 2 genera:
This tribe has 4 subtribes and 12 genera:
This tribe has one genus:
There are 2 subtribes and 9 genera:
There are 3 genera:
This tribe only has 1 genus:
There are 3 subtribes and 13 genera:
There are 2 subtribes and 7 genera:
There is only 1 genus:
There are 2 subtribes and 6 genera:
This tribe has 6 subtribes and 14 genera:
There are 15 genera:
There are 6 genera:
This tribe only has 1 genus:
This tribe has 2 genera:
There are 8 genera:
This tribe has 2 genera:
There are 2 subtribes and 4 genera:
There are 2 subtribes and 7 genera:
There are 3 genera:
There is only 1 genus:
This tribe has 3 subtribes and 6 genera:
This tribe has 2 subtribes and 33 genera:
There are 4 genera:
There is one genus:
There are 2 subtribes and 4 genera:
Phyllanthaceae is a family of flowering plants in the eudicot order Malpighiales. It is most closely related to the family Picrodendraceae.
Putranjivaceae is a rosid family that is composed of 218 species in 2 genera of evergreen tropical trees that are found mainly in the Old World tropics, but with a few species in tropical America.
The family Pandaceae consists of three genera that were formerly recognized in the Euphorbiaceae. Those are:
The Acalyphoideae are a subfamily within the family Euphorbiaceae with 116 genera in 20 tribes.
Micrandreae is a tribe of the subfamily Crotonoideae, under the family Euphorbiaceae. It comprises 2 subtribes and 4 genera.
The Acalypheae is a tribe of the subfamily Acalyphoideae, under the family Euphorbiaceae. It comprises 12 subtribes and 32 genera.
Alchorneae is a tribe of plants in the subfamily Acalyphoideae, under the family Euphorbiaceae. It comprises 2 subtribes and 7 genera.
Galearieae is a no-longer-recognized tribe of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae. It comprised 3 genera, Galearia, Microdesmis, and Panda. Molecular data show that although these three genera are related to each other, they do not belong in the subfamily Acalyphoideae of the Euphorbiaceae, and therefore they are generally now classified as the family Pandaceae.
Plukenetieae is a tribe of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae. It comprises 3 subtribes and 14 genera. Tribe Plukenetieae (Benth.) Hutch. is a diverse pantropical lineage of ca. 17 genera and 350 species of twining vines and lianas, scandent to erect perennial herbs and subshrubs, and rarely shrubs and small trees.
Euphorbieae is a tribe of flowering plants of the family Euphorbiaceae. It comprises 3 subtribes and 5 genera. The 3 sub tribes are: Euphorbiinae, Neoguillauminiinae and Anthosteminae. The 5 genus general are: Argythamnia, Caperonia, Chiropetalum, Ditaxis and Chiropetalum.
The Caletieae is a tribe of plants under the family Picrodendraceae. It comprises 4 subtribes and 13 genera.
The Podocalyceae is a tribe of plants under the family Picrodendraceae. It comprises 3 subtribes and 3 genera.
Leptopus, the maidenbushes, are a genus of plants in the family Phyllanthaceae native to southern Asia from the Caucasus east to China and Maluku. The plants are monoecious herbs and shrubs with simple, entire leaves and small, green flowers.
Bridelieae is a tribe of the family Phyllanthaceae.
Chonocentrum is a genus of the family Phyllanthaceae described as a genus in 1922. It contains only known species, Chonocentrum cyathophorum, native to the State of Amazonas in northwestern Brazil.
Picrodendraceae is a family of flowering plants, consisting of 80 species in 24 genera. These are subtropical to tropical and found in New Guinea, Australia, New Caledonia, Madagascar, continental Africa, and tropical America. Its closest relatives are Phyllanthaceae.
Euphorbiaceae, the spurge family, is a large family of flowering plants. In English, they are also commonly called euphorbias, which is also the name of the type genus of the family. Most spurges, such as Euphorbia paralias, are herbs, but some, especially in the tropics, are shrubs or trees, such as Hevea brasiliensis. Some, such as Euphorbia canariensis, are succulent and resemble cacti because of convergent evolution. This family has a cosmopolitan global distribution. The greatest diversity of species is in the tropics; however, the Euphorbiaceae also have many species in nontropical areas of all continents except Antarctica.
Poranthereae is a tribe in the plant family Phyllanthaceae. It is one of ten tribes in the family, and one of four tribes in the subfamily Phyllanthoideae. Poranthereae comprises about 111 species, distributed into eight genera. The largest genera and the number of species in each are Actephila (31), Meineckia (30), and Andrachne (22).