Achariaceae

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Achariaceae
Pangium edule
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Achariaceae Harms
Type genus
Acharia Thunb.
Genera
Acharia Ahernia Baileyoxylon Buchnerodendron Caloncoba Camptostylus Carpotroche Ceratiosicyos Chiangiodendron Chlorocarpa Dasylepis Eleutherandra Erythrospermum Grandidiera Guthriea Gynocardia Hydnocarpus Kiggelaria Lindackeria Mayna Pangium Peterodendron Poggea Prockiopsis Rawsonia Ryparosa Scaphocalyx Scottellia Trichadenia Xylotheca

Achariaceae is a family of flowering plants, formerly consisting of 6 species in 3 genera of herb and shrubs endemic to southern Africa. More recently, the APG II system has greatly expanded the scope of the family by including many genera previously classified in the Flacourtiaceae. Molecular data strongly support the inclusion of this family in the order Malpighiales. Embryological data show similarities with the Cucurbitales and the Brassicales.

Gynocardia odorata, an evergreen tree from South Asia, formerly classified in Flacourtiaceae, but now included in this family

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