Family · Magnoliids & basal
Canellaceae
Wild cinnamon
Tropical trees with aromatic bark used as a cinnamon-like spice and in traditional medicine.
- Accepted species
- 23accepted names · Kew WCVP
- Genera
- 5accepted genera · Kew WCVP
- Origin
- ≈38 MaPaleogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
- Centre of diversity
- Southern Americamost native species · WGSRPD
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Plants you might know
- Canella (white cinnamon)
- Warburgia
Genera
Cinnamodendron12 spp.
Warburgia4 spp.
Cinnamosma3 spp.
Pleodendron3 spp.
Canella1 spp.
Where it grows
- Southern America16
- Africa7
- Northern America1
Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.
Related families
Canellaceae sits in the order Canellales.