Nyctaginaceae
NOT EVALUATEDPublished in Juss. (1789). In: Gen. Pl.: 90, Nom. Cons.
Nyctaginaceae, the four o'clock family, is a family of around 33 genera and 290 species of flowering plants, widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions, with a few representatives in temperate regions. The family has a distinctive fruit type called an accessory fruit or anthocarp, and many genera have extremely large pollen grains.
