Below is the full taxonomy of the family Phyllanthaceae.^[1] Its circumscription is nearly coincident to that of ex-subfamily Phyllanthoideae of the Euphorbiaceae, where this family was split from. The exceptions are that the ex-tribe Drypeteae has become family Putranjivaceae, and the genus Centroplacus, which previously constituted tribe Centroplaceae, is now part of the Pandaceae.

There are 2 genera:

Amanoa (also called Micropetalum)

Pentabrachion

There are 5 subtribes and 19 genera:

Subtribe Antidesminae:

Antidesma (also Bestram, Coulejia, Minutalia, Rhytis, Rubina, Stilago)

Celianella

Hieronyma (also Hieronima, Hyeronima, Stilaginella)

Leptonema

Thecacoris (also Baccaureopsis, Cyathogyne, Henribaillonia)

Subtribe Porantherinae:

Oreoporanthera

Poranthera

Subtribe Scepinae:

Apodiscus

Aporosa (also Aporusa, Leiocarpus, Lepidostachys, Scepa, Tetractinostigma)

Ashtonia

Baccaurea (also Adenocrepis, Calyptroon, Coccomelia, Everettiodendron, Gatnaia, Hedycarpus, Microsepala, Pierardia)

Distichirhops

Jablonskia

Maesobotrya (also Staphysora)

Nothobaccaurea

Protomegabaria

Richeria (also Bellevalia, Guarania)

Subtribe Spondianthinae:

Spondianthus (also Megabaria)

Subtribe Uapacinae:

Uapaca (also Canariastrum)

There is only one genus:

Bischofia (also Microelus, Stylodiscus)

There are 2 genera:

Bridelia (also Candelabria, Gentilia, Pentameria, Tzellemtinia)

Cleistanthus (also Clistanthus, Godefroya, Kaluhaburunghos, Lebidiera, Lebidieropsis, Leiopyxis, Nanopetalum, Neogoetzia, Paracleisthus, Schistostigma, Stenonia, Stenoniella, Zenkerodendron)

There are 2 genera:

Didymocistus

Hymenocardia

There is only one genus:

Martretia

There are 6 subtribes and 18 genera:

Subtribe Andrachinae:

Andrachne (also Eraeliss, Thelypotzium)

Subtribe Astrocasiinae:

Astrocasia

Subtribe Flueggeinae:

Breynia (also Foersteria, Forsteria, Melanthes, Melanthesa, Melanthesopsis)

Flueggea (also Bessera, Colmeiroa, Geblera, Neowawraea, Pleiostemon, Villanova)

Glochidion (also Agyneia, Bradleia, Bradleja, Coccoglochidion, Diasperus, Episteira, Glochidionopsis, Glochisandra, Gynoon, Lobocarpus, Pseudoglochidion, Tetraglochidion, Zarcoa)

Margaritaria (also Calococcus, Prosorus, Wurtzia, Zygospermum)

Phyllanthus (also Anisonema, Aporosella, Arachnodes, Ardinghalia, Asterandra, Cathetus, Ceramanthus, Chorisandra, Cicca, Clambus, Conami, Dendrophyllanthus, Dicholactina, Dimorphocladium, Emblica, Epistylium, Eriococcus, Fluggeopsis, Genesiphylla, Hemicicca, Hemiglochidion, Kirganelia, Leichhardtia, Lomanthes, Maborea, Macraea, Menarda, Mirobalanus, Moeroris, Nellica, Niruri, Nymania, Nymphanthus, Orbicularia, Oxalistylis, Ramsdenia, Reidia, Reverchonia, Rhopium, Roigia, Scepasma, Staurothylax, Synexemia, Tricarium, Uranthera, Urinaria, Williamia, Xylophylla)

Richeriella

Sauropus (also Aalius, Breyniopsis, Ceratogynum, Diplomorpha, Heterocalymnantha, Hexadena, Hexaspermum, Ibina, Synastemon, Synostemon)

Subtribe Leptopinae:

Leptopus (also Arachne, Chorisandrachne, Hexakestra, Hexakistra)

Subtribe Pseudolachnostylidinae:

Chascotheca (also Chaenotheca)

Keayodendron

Meineckia (also Cluytiandra, Neopeltandra, Peltandra)

Pseudolachnostylis

Zimmermannia

Zimmermanniopsis

Subtribe Securineginae:

Securinega

It comprises 10 genera:

Actephila (also Anomospermum, Lithoxylon)

Blotia

Chonocentrum

Discocarpus

Gonatogyne

Heywoodia

Lachnostylis

Petalodiscus

Savia (also Charidia, Geminaria, Kleinodendron, Maschalanthus)

Wielandia

• Taxonomy of the Euphorbiaceae