Family · Other eudicots
Didiereaceae
Madagascar ocotillo
Spiny stem-succulent shrubs and trees of Madagascar's spiny forest and southern Africa.
- Accepted species
- 20accepted names · Kew WCVP
- Genera
- 6accepted genera · Kew WCVP
- Origin
- ≈30 MaPaleogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
- Centre of diversity
- Africamost native species · WGSRPD
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Plants you might know
- Didierea
- Alluaudia
- Portulacaria (elephant bush)
Genera
Portulacaria7 spp.
Alluaudia6 spp.
Alluaudiopsis2 spp.
Calyptrotheca2 spp.
Didierea2 spp.
Decarya1 spp.
Where it grows
Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.
Related families
Didiereaceae sits in the order Caryophyllales.
- CaryophyllaceaeCarnations, pinks, chickweed3,403
- AmaranthaceaeAmaranth, beet, spinach, quinoa2,420
- CactaceaeCacti2,033
- AizoaceaeIce plants, living stones1,815
- PolygonaceaeBuckwheat, rhubarb, knotweed1,638
- PlumbaginaceaeSea lavender, leadwort1,141
- NyctaginaceaeBougainvillea, four o'clocks465
- DroseraceaeSundews, Venus flytrap277
- MontiaceaeMiner's lettuce271
- NepenthaceaeTropical pitcher plants218
- PortulacaceaePurslanes154
- TamaricaceaeTamarisks113
- MolluginaceaeCarpetweeds99
- FrankeniaceaeSea heaths86
- Anacampserotaceae61
- PhytolaccaceaePokeweeds34
- TalinaceaeFameflowers29
- Limeaceae25
- Petiveriaceae22
- Ancistrocladaceae20
- BasellaceaeMalabar spinach19
- Microteaceae10
- Achatocarpaceae10
- Macarthuriaceae9