Nyctaginaceae
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Nyctaginaceae is a family of around 33 genera and 290 species, widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions, with a few representatives in temperate regions. The family contains one food crop, the mauka (Mirabilis extensa), a root vegetable of minor local importance in the Andes. Other Mirabilis species are grown as ornamental plants, as are species of Bougainvillea and Abronia.
Genera include:
- Abronia
- Acleisanthes
- Allionia
- Ammocodon
- Andradea
- Anulocaulis
- Belemia
- Boerhavia
- Bougainvillea
- Caribea
- Cephalotomandra
- Colignonia
- Commicarpus
- Cryptocarpus
- Cuscatlania
- Cyphomeris
- Gaupira
- Grajalesia
- Izabalaea
- Leucaster
- Mirabilis
- Neea
- Neeopsis
- Nyctaginia
- Okenia
- Phaeoptilum
- Pisonia
- Pisoniella
- Ramisia
- Reichenbachia
- Salpianthus
- Selinocarpus
- Tripterocalyx
