Erythroxylaceae
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| Coca family | |
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| Erythroxylum coca | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Erythroxylaceae Kunth |
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The Erythroxylaceae (or coca family) is a family of flowering trees and shrubs consisting of 4 genera and approximately 240 species.[1] The four genera are Aneulophus Benth, Erythroxylum P. Br, Nectaropetalum Engl., and Pinacopodium (Hegnauer 1980, 279).
The best-known species are the coca plants, the source of the drug cocaine.
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