Petiveriaceae

{{Short description|Family of flowering plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Starr 050222-4165 Rivina humilis.jpg

|image_caption = Rivina humilis

|taxon = Petiveriaceae

|authority = C.Agardh{{Cite journal |last=Angiosperm Phylogeny Group |year=2016 |title=An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG IV |journal=Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=161 |issue=2 |pages=105–20 |doi= 10.1111/boj.12385|doi-access=free }}

|subdivision_ranks = Genera

|subdivision =

• Gallesia
• Hilleria
• Ledenbergia
• Monococcus
• Petiveria
• Rivina
• Schindleria
• Seguieria
• Trichostigma

|synonyms =

• Hilleriaceae
• Rivinaceae

}}

Petiveriaceae is a family of flowering plants formerly included as subfamily Rivinoideae in Phytolaccaceae. The family comprises nine genera, with about 20 known species.{{cite journal |author1=Christenhusz, M. J. M. |author2=Byng, J. W. | 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 }}