Picrodendraceae | |
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Tetracoccus dioicus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: |
Picrodendraceae Small |
Tribes | |
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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.
This family used to be known as the subfamily Oldfieldioideae of the Euphorbiaceae.
The family contains about 80 species organised into three tribes, ten subtribes and 24 genera.