*Punica Linnaeus. Pomegranate.
A genus of 2 species, trees, of Mediterranean Europe and w. Asia. Sometimes treated in the monogeneric family Punicaceae; here included in Lythraceae, following Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2003, 2009); Punica is deeply embedded phylogenetically in Lythraceae (Graham, Diazgranados, & Barber 2011).
Ref: Graham (2021h) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2021); Graham In Kubitzki, Bayer, & Stevens (2007); Graham, Diazgranados, & Barber (2011); Zohary & Hopf (1994). Show full citations.
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