Family · Rosids

Datiscaceae

Small family of tall dioecious herbs; the Eurasian bastard hemp yields a yellow dye.

Accepted species

2accepted names · Kew WCVP

Genus

1accepted genus · Kew WCVP

Origin

≈13 MaNeogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree

Centre of diversity

Europemost native species · WGSRPD

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Plants you might know

• Datisca cannabina

Its genus

• Datisca2 spp.

Where it grows

• Europe1
• Asia-Temperate1
• Asia-Tropical1
• Northern America1

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

Related families

Datiscaceae sits in the order Cucurbitales.

• BegoniaceaeBegonias2,181
• CucurbitaceaeGourds — melon, squash, cucumber1,072
• Anisophylleaceae57
• Coriariaceaetutu17
• Apodanthaceaestem parasites12
• Corynocarpaceaekaraka5
• Tetramelaceae2