Editing Lythraceae (section)

==Distribution==
The Lythraceae are widely distributed, but with most species tropical and some temperate.<ref name="Stevens 2001" /><ref name="Judd 2008" /> They are absent from the [[Sahara]] and most arid regions of Australia.<ref name="Stevens 2001" /> Many species occur in aquatic or semi-aquatic habitats (''[[Decodon verticillatus|Decodon]]'', ''[[Didiplis]]'', ''[[Rotala (plant)|Rotala]]'', ''[[Sonneratia]]'', ''[[Trapa]]'').<ref name="Judd 2008" /><ref name="Mabberley 2008" /> The oldest fossils of the family are pollen from the Late Cretaceous ([[Campanian]]) of Wyoming in western North America, around 82 to 81''&nbsp;''million years old.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Graham |first=Shirley A. |date=March 2013 |title=Fossil Records in the Lythraceae |url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s12229-012-9116-1 |journal=The Botanical Review |language=en |volume=79 |issue=1 |pages=48–145 |doi=10.1007/s12229-012-9116-1 |bibcode=2013BotRv..79...48G |s2cid=17518452 |issn=0006-8101|url-access=subscription }}</ref>