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222.0000 Family Lythraceae J.St.-Hil.; Expos. Fam. Nat. 2: 175 (1805), nom. cons.
28 genera, ca. 650 spp. Phylogeny: Maurin et al. (2021), Inglis et al. (2023)
Species listed in database: 681; hybrids: 7
= Ammanniaceae Horan.; Prim. Lin. Syst. Nat. 86 (1834)
= Blattiaceae Engl.; Syllabus (ed. 1): 156 (1892)
= Duabangaceae Takht.; Florist. Regions World 332 (1986)
= Lagerstroemiaceae J.Agardh; Theoria Syst. Pl. 338 (1858)
= Lawsoniaceae J.Agardh; Theoria Syst. Pl. 338 (1858)
= Punicaceae Bercht. & J.Presl; PrĂ­r. Rostlin 2(94): 378 (1825), nom. cons.
= Sonneratiaceae Engl.; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl], Nachtr. 261 (1897), nom. cons.
= Trapaceae Dumort.; Anal. Fam. Pl. 36, 39 (1829), nom. cons.
222.2009 Genus Woodfordia Salisb.; Parad. Lond., t. 42 (1806)
Distribution: trop. E-Africa (1); 1 Madagascar, SW-Asia, subtropical Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, China
Species listed in database: 2
= Acistoma Zipp. ex Span.; Linnaea 15: 202 (1841)
species :
Woodfordia fruticosa (L.) Kurz; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 40(2): 56 (1871)
Distribution: E-Tanzania; Madagascar; Comores (Mayotte, etc.); Saudi Arabia (Asir); Oman (Dhofar); China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan); Pakistan (Baluchistan, Swat, Hazara, Pakistani Punjab, Sind, Rawalpindi, Murree, Mirpur); Nepal; Bhutan; India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Myanmar (Chin, Mandalay); Thailand [I]; Vietnam; Sulawesi [I]; Philippines [I]; Java (incl. Madura Isl.); Lesser Sunda Isl. (Timor, Sumbawa, Sumba, Bali)
25 TAN 29 COM MDG 35 OMA SAU 36 CHI 40 BAN BHU IND NEP PAK SRL 41 MYA tha VIE 42 JAW LSI phi sul
Synonyms: hidden
= Acistoma coccineum Zipp. ex Span.; Linnaea 15: 202 (1841)
= Grislea punctata Buch.-Ham. ex Sm.; Cycl. [A.Rees] 17: no. 2 (1811)
= Grislea tomentosa Roxb.; Pl. Coromandel 1: 29, t. 31 (1795), nom. superfl.
= Lythrum fruticosum L.; Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 2: 1045 (1759)
= Lythrum hunteri DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 3: 83 (1828)
= Lythrum punctatum Span.; Linnaea 15: 202 (1841)
= Woodfordia floribunda Salisb.; Parad. Lond., t. 42 (1806), nom. superfl.
= Woodfordia fruticosa var. punctata Blume; Mus. Bot. 2: 127 (1856)
= Woodfordia tomentosa Bedd.; Fl. Sylv. S. India cxvii (1872), nom. superfl.
species :
Woodfordia uniflora (A.Rich.) Koehne; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 1: 334 (1880)
Distribution: Nigeria; N-Cameroon; SW-Chad; Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Uganda; Kenya; Oman (Dhofar); Yemen (W-Yemen)
22 NGA 23 CMN 24 CHA ERI ETH SUD 25 KEN UGA 35 OMA YEM
Synonyms: hidden
= Grislea micropetala Hochst. & Steud.; Flora 24(1 Intell.): 30 (1841)
= Grislea multiflora A.Rich.; Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 284 (1847)
= Grislea uniflora A.Rich.; Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 281 (1847)
= Woodfordia floribunda var. glabrata Hiern; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 2: 481 (1871)
= Woodfordia floribunda var. tomentosa Hiern; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 2: 481 (1871)
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