Family · Rosids

Anisophylleaceae

Small tropical family of trees and shrubs with strikingly unequal leaves, found across Africa, Asia and the Americas.

Accepted species

57accepted names · Kew WCVP

Genera

4accepted genera · Kew WCVP

Origin

≈34 MaPaleogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree

Centre of diversity

Asia-Tropicalmost native species · WGSRPD

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Plants you might know

• Anisophyllea
• Combretocarpus

Genera

• Anisophyllea53 spp.
• Polygonanthus2 spp.
• Combretocarpus1 spp.
• Poga1 spp.

Where it grows

• Asia-Tropical31
• Africa22
• Southern America4

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

Related families

Anisophylleaceae sits in the order Cucurbitales.

• BegoniaceaeBegonias2,181
• CucurbitaceaeGourds — melon, squash, cucumber1,072
• Coriariaceaetutu17
• Apodanthaceaestem parasites12
• Corynocarpaceaekaraka5
• Tetramelaceae2
• Datiscaceae2