Lythraceae is commonly known as the Loosestrife Family. The Lythraceae is a family from Myrtales Order, splits from Magnoliopsida Class. It is a family among about 406 families in Magnoliophyta or Flowering Plants Division. The family consists of 31 genera and over 500 species.

Genera in Lythraceae:

Adenaria	Duabanga	Lourtella	Pleurophora
Ammannia	Galpinia	Lythrum	Punica
Capuronia	Ginoria	Middendorfia	Rotala
Crenea	Heimia	Nesaea	Sonneratia
Cuphea	Koehneria	Pehria	Tetrataxis
Decodon	Lafoensia	Pemphis	Trapa
Didiplis	Lagerstroemia	Peplis	Woodfordia
Diplusodon	Lawsonia	Physocalymma