Common Names - Loosestrife Family | Synonyms - |
Authority - J. St. Hill | Total Number of genera - 32 |
Gymnosperm or Angiosperm? - Angiosperm | Total Number of species - 600 |
Plant forms - mostly herbs, with some shrubs and trees | |
World Distribution - Tropical with a few species in temperate areas | |
Comments - Herbs, less often trees & shrubs. Worldwide distribution, with most species in the tropics but ranging into temperate climate regions as well. It now includes the pomegranate, formerly classed in a separate family Punicaceae. Includes the widely cultivated crape myrtle trees. Some timbers. |
1 - Adenaria. 2 - Capuronia. 3 - Cuphea. 4 - Galpinia. 5 - Heimia. 6 - Koehneria. 7 - Lafoensia. 8 - Lagerstroemia. 9 - Lawsonia. 10 - Lythrum. 11 - Pemphis. 12 - Pleurophora. 13 - Woodfordia. |