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The Phyllanthaceae is a plant family (biology), previously known as subfamily Phyllanthoideae of the Euphorbiaceae. The subfamily Phyllanthoideae was split up from the Euphorbiaceae as a result of lineage analysis. The family comprises 9 tribes, 56 genera and about 1725 species of trees, shrubs and herbs distributed in all tropical regions of the world.
[edit] Taxonomy
This family's circumscription is nearly coincident with that of ex-Phyllanthoideae, except for the tribe Drypeteae which has become family Putranjivaceae.
