; Bot. Wörterb. 2: 240 (1797), nom. cons.
60 genera, ca. 3150 spp. The family had been split up in the recent past, but was recombined and treated sensu lato in APG III (2009).
= Aegicerataceae Blume; Nov. Pl. Expos.: 17 (1833)
= Anagallidaceae Batsch ex Borkh.; Bot. Wörterb. 1: 19 (1797)
= Ardisiaceae Juss.; Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 15: 350 (1810)
= Coridaceae J.Agardh; Theoria Syst. Pl.: 332 (1858)
= Embeliaceae J.Agardh; Theoria Syst. Pl.: 140 (1858)
= Hottoniaceae Döll; Fl. Baden 2: 641. med (1858)
= Lysimachiaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl.: 95 (1789), Family
= Maesaceae (A.DC.) Anderb., Stahl & Källersjö; Taxon 49: 185 (2000), Family
= Myrsinaceae R.Br.; Prodr.: 532 (1810), nom. cons., Family
= Samolaceae Raf.; Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. Bruxelles 5: 349 (1820)
= Theophrastaceae G.Don; Edwards´s Bot. Reg. 21: ad t. 1764 (1835), nom. cons.
