Family · Other eudicots
Basellaceae
Malabar spinach
Fleshy twining vines of the tropics, some grown as leaf or tuber vegetables like ulluco.
- Accepted species
- 19accepted names · Kew WCVP
- Genera
- 4accepted genera · Kew WCVP
- Origin
- ≈18 MaNeogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
- Centre of diversity
- Southern Americamost native species · WGSRPD
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Plants you might know
- Basella (Malabar spinach)
- Anredera
- Ullucus
Genera
Anredera12 spp.
Basella5 spp.
Tournonia1 spp.
Ullucus1 spp.
Where it grows
- Southern America14
- Africa4
- Northern America2
- Asia-Tropical1
Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.
Related families
Basellaceae sits in the order Caryophyllales.
- CaryophyllaceaeCarnations, pinks, chickweed3,403
- AmaranthaceaeAmaranth, beet, spinach, quinoa2,420
- CactaceaeCacti2,033
- AizoaceaeIce plants, living stones1,815
- PolygonaceaeBuckwheat, rhubarb, knotweed1,638
- PlumbaginaceaeSea lavender, leadwort1,141
- NyctaginaceaeBougainvillea, four o'clocks465
- DroseraceaeSundews, Venus flytrap277
- MontiaceaeMiner's lettuce271
- NepenthaceaeTropical pitcher plants218
- PortulacaceaePurslanes154
- TamaricaceaeTamarisks113
- MolluginaceaeCarpetweeds99
- FrankeniaceaeSea heaths86
- Anacampserotaceae61
- PhytolaccaceaePokeweeds34
- TalinaceaeFameflowers29
- Limeaceae25
- Petiveriaceae22
- Ancistrocladaceae20
- DidiereaceaeMadagascar ocotillo20
- Microteaceae10
- Achatocarpaceae10
- Macarthuriaceae9