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| Authority - Martynov | Total Number of genera - 54 |
| Gymnosperm or Angiosperm? - Angiosperm | Total Number of species - 2 |
| Plant forms - | |
| World Distribution - Most numerous in the tropics, with many in the south temperate zone, and a few ranging as far north as the middle of the north temperate zone | |
| Comments - The Phyllanthaceae are nearly all trees, shrubs, or herbs. A few are climbers, or succulents, and one species, Phyllanthus fluitans, is aquatic. | |
| 1 - Aporusa. 2 - Baccaurea. 3 - Baccharis. 4 - Diplomorpha. 5 - Discocarpus. 6 - Keayodendron. 7 - Lachnostylis. 8 - Maesobotrya. 9 - Margaritaria. |