{{short description|Taxonomic family of plants}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Ternstroemia gymnanthera1.jpg | image_caption = ''Ternstroemia gymnanthera'' | taxon = Pentaphylacaceae | authority = Engl.<ref name=APG3/> | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = see text }}
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.<ref name=APG3>{{Cite journal |last=Angiosperm Phylogeny Group III |year=2009 |title=An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III |journal=Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=161 |issue=2 |pages=105–121 |doi=10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x |doi-access=free |hdl=10654/18083 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>
==Genera== In 2014, the Angiosperm Phylogeny Website included 14 genera in the family.<ref>{{Citation |last=Stevens |first=P.F. |date=2001{{ndash}}2012 |title=Angiosperm Phylogeny Website |url=http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/APweb/ |access-date=2014-09-18 }}</ref> Plants of the World Online currently includes 12 genera:<ref name = powo>[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77126596-1 Pentaphylacaceae Engl.] ''Plants of the World Online''. Retrieved 30 November 2023.</ref> * ''Adinandra'' <small>Jack</small> * ''Anneslea'' <small>Wall.</small> * ''Archboldiodendron'' <small>Kobuski</small> * ''Balthasaria'' <small>Verdc.</small> * ''Cleyera'' <small>Thunb.</small> * ''Eurya'' <small>Thunb.</small> * ''Euryodendron'' <small>Hung T.Chang</small> * ''Freziera'' <small>Sw. ex Willd.</small> * ''Pentaphylax'' <small>Gardner & Champ.</small> * ''Symplococarpon'' <small>Airy Shaw</small> * ''Ternstroemia'' <small>Mutis ex L.f.</small> * ''Visnea'' <small>L.f.</small>
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Category:Pentaphylacaceae Category:Ericales families Category:Taxa named by Adolf Engler
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