The feasting Erich plants (Lythraceae), also blood feasting Erich plants, educate a family of the Myrtenartigen (Myrtales), to which krautige plants, bushes and trees belong. The name of the family deduces itself from the kind of the Blutweideriche (Lythrum). The Blutweideriche and the water nut are the only kinds of this plant family occurring in Central Europe.

Description and spreading

Common the feasting Erich plants are main in the Tropics as often felling trees Taxa, besides it gives also kinships (usually one year's or krautige plants of several years) in the moderate zones. The simple are mostly against constant. The blooms are zwittrig. The number of bloom organs in the individual petal circles is very variable at this family. The grew together usually. Heterostylie occurs here frequently. They form usually cap fruits.

Use

Under the feasting Erich plants some supplying plants seem to coloring material. Most well-known kind is the Hennastrauch (Lawsonia inermis), from Henna is won. Further examples are Woodfordia fruticosa, whose sheets supply red color. From crust and wood of some Lafoensia kinds yellow coloring materials are produced.

Valuable wood suppliers from the family are Brazilian rose wood (Physocalymma scaberrima), Guayacan (Lafoensia speciosa) and different tree species of the kind Lagerstroemia.

As in warm climate zones (Lagerstroemia indica), Hennastrauch (Lawsonia inermis) and Woodfordia fruticosa are cultivated. As Topfpflanzen Cuphea kinds are to be called.

In the Aquaristik few kinds are also used. In the aquarium among other things Bachburgel and Cognakpflanze, both kinds worked satisfactorily apply however also as fastidious.

Systematics

There are 31 kinds and 620 kinds in the family.

• Adenaria
• Cognakpflanzen (Ammannia)
  • Large Cognakpflanze (Ammannia gracilis)
• Capuronia
• Crenea
• Cuphea: With 250 kinds, the blooms are zygomorph. As ornamental plant the Zigarettenfuchsie (Cuphea ignea) is used.
• Decodon
• Didiplis
  • Bachburgel (Didiplis diandra)
• Diplusodon: With 75 kinds.
• Duabanga
• Galpinia
• Ginoria
• Haitia
• Heimia
• Hionanthera
• Koehneria
• Lafoensia
• Lagerstroemia: With 55 kinds.
• Lawsonia
• Lourtella
• Blutweideriche (Lythrum)
• Nesaea: With 55 kinds.
• Pehria
• Pemphis
• Physocalymma
• Pleurophora
• Punica
• Rotala
• Socotria
• Sonneratia
• Tetrataxis
• Trapa
  • Water nut
• Woodfordia

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