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Lythraceae
Lythraceae
Translingual
Proper noun
Lythraceae
- A taxonomic family within the order Myrtales – numerous plants, including some of the loosestrifes.
Hypernyms
- (family): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids II - clades; Myrtales - order
Hyponyms
- (family): Adenaria, Ammannia, Capuronia, Crenea, Cuphea, Decodon, Diplusodon, Duabanga, Galpinia, Ginoria, Haitia, Heimia, Hionanthera, Koehneria, Lafoensia, Lagerstroemia, Lawsonia, Lourtella, Lythrum, Nesaea, Pehria, Pemphis, Physocalymma, Pleurophora, Punica, Rotala, Socotria, Sonneratia, Tetrataxis, Trapa, Woodfordia (genera)
- †Shirleya (extinct genus)