The Pentaphylacaceae are a small family of plants within the order Ericales. In the APG III system of 2009, it includes the former family Ternstroemiaceae.
Genera
In 2014, the Angiosperm Phylogeny Website included 14 genera in the family. Plants of the World Online currently includes 12 genera:
- Adinandra Jack
- Anneslea Wall.
- Archboldiodendron Kobuski
- Balthasaria Verdc.
- Cleyera Thunb.
- Eurya Thunb.
- Euryodendron Hung T.Chang
- Freziera Sw. ex Willd.
- Pentaphylax Gardner & Champ.
- Symplococarpon Airy Shaw
- Ternstroemia Mutis ex L.f.
- Visnea L.f.
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