Family · Other eudicots

Achatocarpaceae

Spiny dioecious shrubs and small trees of warm Americas with berry fruits; two genera formerly in Phytolaccaceae.

Accepted species: 10accepted names · Kew WCVP
Genera: 2accepted genera · Kew WCVP
Origin: ≈4 MaNeogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
Centre of diversity: Southern Americamost native species · WGSRPD

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Plants you might know

Achatocarpus
Phaulothamnus

Genera

Achatocarpus9 spp.
Phaulothamnus1 spp.

Where it grows

Southern America7
Northern America5

Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.

Related families

Achatocarpaceae sits in the order Caryophyllales.