Family · Rosids
Dichapetalaceae
poison leaf
Poison-leaf family: tropical trees, shrubs and vines, some deadly from fluoroacetate used as arrow and rat poison.
- Accepted species
- 210accepted names · Kew WCVP
- Genera
- 3accepted genera · Kew WCVP
- Origin
- ≈16 MaNeogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
- Centre of diversity
- Africamost native species · WGSRPD
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Genera
Dichapetalum160 spp.
Tapura36 spp.
Stephanopodium14 spp.
Where it grows
- Africa113
- Southern America68
- Asia-Tropical24
- Australasia4
- Northern America3
- Asia-Temperate2
- Pacific2
Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.
Related families
Dichapetalaceae sits in the order Malpighiales.
- EuphorbiaceaeSpurges, poinsettia, cassava, rubber6,587
- Phyllanthaceaeleaf-flowers2,106
- SalicaceaeWillows, poplars, aspen1,621
- MalpighiaceaeAcerola, barbados cherry1,496
- ViolaceaeViolets, pansies1,309
- PassifloraceaePassionflowers1,083
- ClusiaceaeMangosteen, St John's wort allies910
- OchnaceaeMickey Mouse plant646
- HypericaceaeSt John's wort639
- ChrysobalanaceaeCoco plum548
- Calophyllaceae438
- PodostemaceaeRiverweeds363
- LinaceaeFlax284
- ErythroxylaceaeCoca283
- Putranjivaceae224
- AchariaceaeChaulmoogra180
- RhizophoraceaeMangroves155
- Peraceae107
- Picrodendraceae98
- Humiriaceae67
- ElatinaceaeWaterworts59
- RafflesiaceaeCorpse flower (Rafflesia)50
- Bonnetiaceae38
- Trigoniaceae33