Family · Rosids

Aphloiaceae

Monotypic family of a single evergreen shrub or tree of Africa, Madagascar and the Mascarenes with white many-stamened flowers.

Accepted species: 1accepted names · Kew WCVP
Genus: 1accepted genus · Kew WCVP
Origin: ≈70 MaCretaceous · stem age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
Centre of diversity: Africamost native species · WGSRPD

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Plants you might know

Aphloia theiformis

Its genus

Aphloia1 spp.

Where it grows

Africa1

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

Related families

Aphloiaceae sits in the order Crossosomatales.