Family · Asterids
Actinidiaceae
Kiwifruit
Trees, shrubs and woody vines of Asia and the Americas; genus Actinidia yields kiwifruit.
- Accepted species
- 473accepted names · Kew WCVP
- Genera
- 3accepted genera · Kew WCVP
- Origin
- ≈35 MaPaleogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
- Centre of diversity
- Asia-Tropicalmost native species · WGSRPD
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Plants you might know
- Actinidia (kiwifruit)
- Saurauia
- Clematoclethra
Genera
Saurauia416 spp.
Actinidia56 spp.
Clematoclethra1 spp.
Where it grows
- Asia-Tropical333
- Southern America82
- Asia-Temperate70
- Northern America23
- Pacific1
- Australasia1
Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.
Related families
Actinidiaceae sits in the order Ericales.
- EricaceaeHeaths — blueberry, rhododendron, heather4,761
- PrimulaceaePrimroses, cyclamen3,432
- SapotaceaeShea, sapodilla, argan1,379
- BalsaminaceaeImpatiens, touch-me-not1,192
- EbenaceaeEbony, persimmon820
- Pentaphylacaceae549
- PolemoniaceaePhlox, Jacob's ladder436
- SymplocaceaeSweetleaf412
- LecythidaceaeBrazil nut, cannonball tree401
- TheaceaeTea, camellia388
- StyracaceaeStorax, snowbell163
- MarcgraviaceaeShingle-plant family137
- ClethraceaeSweet pepperbush100
- SarraceniaceaeNew World pitcher plants54
- Diapensiaceae19
- FouquieriaceaeOcotillo, boojum tree11
- CyrillaceaeTiti, leatherwood11
- Tetrameristaceae4
- Sladeniaceae3
- Roridulaceae2
- Mitrastemonaceae2