Pentaphylacaceae

The Pentaphylacaceae are a small family of plants within the order Ericales. In the APG III system of 2009, it includes the former family Ternstroemiaceae.^[1]

Pentaphylacaceae
Ternstroemia gymnanthera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Pentaphylacaceae Engl.[1]
Genera
see text

Genera

In 2014, the Angiosperm Phylogeny Website included 14 genera in the family.^[2] Plants of the World Online currently includes 12 genera:^[3]

• Adinandra Jack
• Anneslea Wall.
• Archboldiodendron Kobuski
• Balthasaria Verdc.
• Cleyera Thunb.
• Eurya Thunb.
• Euryodendron Hung T.Chang
• Freziera Sw. ex Willd.
• Pentaphylax Gardner & Champ.
• Symplococarpon Airy Shaw
• Ternstroemia Mutis ex L.f.
• Visnea L.f.