Editing Lecythidaceae (section)

== Taxonomy ==
According to molecular analysis of Lecythidaceae, including work by Mori ''et al.'' (2007),<ref name = Mori>{{Cite journal | last1 = Mori | first1 = S. A. | last2 = Tsou | first2 = C. -H. | last3 = Wu | first3 = C. -C. | last4 = Cronholm | first4 = B. | last5 = Anderberg | first5 = A. A. | title = Evolution of Lecythidaceae with an emphasis on the circumscription of neotropical genera: Information from combined ''ndhF'' and ''trnL-F'' sequence data | doi = 10.3732/ajb.94.3.289 | journal = American Journal of Botany | volume = 94 | issue = 3 | pages = 289–301 | year = 2007 | pmid =  21636402| doi-access = free }}</ref> subfamilies include:
===Barringtonioidea===
Previously Barringtoniaceae;<ref name= a/> also ''sensu'' [[Armen Takhtajan|Takhtajan]] 1997;<ref name= a>{{cite book| last = Takhtajan| first =  A.| title= Diversity and classification of flowering plants| year = 1997| isbn =  0-231-10098-1}}</ref> this subfamily was also called Planchonioideae (which included ''Barringtonia''). Genera are restricted to the Old World tropics.
# ''[[Barringtonia]]'' J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. (synonym ''Abdulmajidia'' Whitmore)
# ''[[Careya]]'' Roxb.
# ''[[Chydenanthus]]'' Miers
# ''[[Petersianthus]]'' Merr.
# ''[[Planchonia]]'' Blume
===Foetidioideae===
Previously [[Foetidiaceae]]<ref name= a/> from Madagascar is monogeneric:
* ''[[Foetidia]]'' Comm. ex Lam.

===[[Lecythidoideae]]===
Genera restricted to the New World tropics.
# ''[[Allantoma]]'' Miers
# ''[[Bertholletia]]'' Bonpl.
# ''[[Cariniana]]'' Casar.
# ''[[Corythophora]]'' R.Knuth
# ''[[Couratari]]'' Aubl.
# ''[[Couroupita]]'' Aubl.
# ''[[Eschweilera]]'' Mart. ex DC.
# ''[[Grias]]'' L.
# ''[[Gustavia (plant)|Gustavia]]'' L.
# ''[[Lecythis]]'' Loefl.
===[[Scytopetaloideae]]===
The [[APG II system]] of 2003 included genera from the family [[Scytopetalaceae]] and others
# ''[[Asteranthos]]'' Desf., also as Asteranthaceae<ref name= a/>
# ''[[Brazzeia]]'' Verc.
# ''[[Oubanguia]]'' Baill.
# ''[[Pierrina]]'' Engl.
# ''[[Rhaptopetalum]]'' Oliv.
# ''[[Scytopetalum]]'' Engl.

===Napoleonaeoideae===
Previously as family [[Napoleonaeaceae]];<ref name= a/> species are native to Africa.
# ''[[Crateranthus]]'' Baker f., ''incertae sedis'' according to Takhtajan, 
# ''[[Napoleonaea]]'' P.Beauv.