Family · Rosids

Brunelliaceae

Single-genus family of tropical American cloud-forest trees with softly hairy, fern-like compound leaves.

Accepted species: 60accepted names · Kew WCVP
Genus: 1accepted genus · Kew WCVP
Origin: ≈12 MaNeogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
Centre of diversity: Southern Americamost native species · WGSRPD

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Plants you might know

Brunellia

Its genus

Brunellia60 spp.

Where it grows

Southern America60
Northern America1

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

Related families

Brunelliaceae sits in the order Oxalidales.