Achariaceae

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| image_caption = Pangium edule

| taxon = Achariaceae

| authority = Harms{{R|POWO|APGIII}}

| type_genus = Acharia

| type_genus_authority = Thunb.|

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Achariaceae is a family of flowering plants consisting of 31 genera and about 155 species of tropical herbs, shrubs, and trees.{{R|Christenhusz-Byng2016}} The APG IV system has greatly expanded the scope of the family by including many genera previously classified in Flacourtiaceae.{{R|chase2002}} Molecular data strongly support the inclusion of this family in the order Malpighiales.

The family is almost exclusively tropical and is best known as the source of chaulmoogra oil, formerly used to treat leprosy. Unlike other members of the former Flacourtiaceae now placed in the family Salicaceae, the genera of Achariaceae typically have cyanogenic glycosides.{{cn|date=October 2023}}

Genera

The following 31 genera are accepted by Plants of the World Online {{As of|2024|03|10|lc=y}}:{{R|POWO}}

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Acharia {{small|Thunb.}}
Ahernia {{small|Merr.}}
Baileyoxylon {{small|C.T.White}}
Buchnerodendron {{small|Gürke}}
Caloncoba {{small|Gilg}}
Camptostylus {{small|Gilg}}
Carpotroche {{small|Endl.}}
Ceratiosicyos {{small|Nees}}
Chiangiodendron {{small|Wendt}}
Chlorocarpa {{small|Alston}}
Dasylepis {{small|Oliv.}}
Eleutherandra {{small|Slooten}}
Erythrospermum {{small|Lam.}}
Grandidiera {{small|Jaub.}}
Guthriea {{small|Bolus}}
Gynocardia {{small|R.Br.}}
Hydnocarpus {{small|Gaertn.}}
Kiggelaria {{small|L.}}
Kuhlmanniodendron {{small|Fiaschi & Groppo}}
Lindackeria {{small|C.Presl}}
Mayna {{small|Aubl.}}
Pangium {{small|Reinw.}}
Peterodendron {{small|Sleumer}}
Poggea {{small|Gürke}}
Prockiopsis {{small|Baill.}}
Rawsonia {{small|Harv. & Sond.}}
Ryparosa {{small|Blume}}
Scaphocalyx {{small|Ridl.}}
Scottellia {{small|Oliv.}}
Trichadenia {{small|Thwaites}}
Xylotheca {{small|Hochst.}}

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References

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{{Cite web |title=Malpighiales|url=https://mobot.org/MOBOT/research/APweb/orders/malpighialesweb.htm|access-date=2023-06-16 |website=www.mobot.org}}

{{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77126656-1 |title=Achariaceae Harms |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |year=2024 |access-date=10 March 2024}}

{{Cite journal |last=Angiosperm Phylogeny Group |year=2009 |title=An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III |journal=Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=161 |issue=2 |pages=105–121 |doi=10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x |doi-access=free |hdl=10654/18083 |hdl-access=free }}

{{cite journal |author1=Christenhusz, M. J. M. |author2=Byng, J. W. |name-list-style=amp | year = 2016 | title = The number of known plants species in the world and its annual increase | journal = Phytotaxa | volume = 261 | pages = 201–217 | url = http://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/download/phytotaxa.261.3.1/20598 | doi = 10.11646/phytotaxa.261.3.1 | issue = 3 | doi-access = free }}

{{cite journal |doi=10.2307/4110825 |first=Mark W. |last=Chase |author2=Sue Zmarzty |author3=M. Dolores Lledó |author4=Kenneth J. Wurdack |author5=Susan M. Swensen |author6= Michael F. Fay |year=2002 |title=When in doubt, put it in Flacourtiaceae: a molecular phylogenetic analysis based on plastid rbcL DNA sequences |jstor=4110825 |journal=Kew Bulletin |volume=57 |issue=1 |pages=141–181}}

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Category:Malpighiales families