Family · Rosids
Bixaceae
Annatto
Tropical shrubs and trees with colored sap; includes annatto (Bixa), source of the orange food dye achiote.
- Accepted species
- 27accepted names · Kew WCVP
- Genera
- 3accepted genera · Kew WCVP
- Origin
- ≈40 MaPaleogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
- Centre of diversity
- Southern Americamost native species · WGSRPD
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Plants you might know
- Bixa orellana
- Cochlospermum
Genera
Cochlospermum20 spp.
Bixa6 spp.
Diegodendron1 spp.
Where it grows
- Southern America12
- Africa8
- Northern America7
- Australasia4
- Asia-Tropical2
Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.
Related families
Bixaceae sits in the order Malvales.