Family · Magnoliids & basal
Chloranthaceae
Aromatic herbs and shrubs with swollen leaf nodes and tiny reduced flowers; an ancient lineage rich in the fossil record.
- Accepted species
- 75accepted names · Kew WCVP
- Genera
- 4accepted genera · Kew WCVP
- Origin
- ≈123 MaCretaceous · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
- Centre of diversity
- Southern Americamost native species · WGSRPD
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Plants you might know
- Chloranthus
- Sarcandra
- Hedyosmum
Genera
Hedyosmum45 spp.
Chloranthus17 spp.
Ascarina12 spp.
Sarcandra1 spp.
Where it grows
- Southern America44
- Asia-Temperate19
- Asia-Tropical11
- Pacific7
- Africa1
- Australasia1
- Northern America1
Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.