Family · Other eudicots
Dilleniaceae
Mostly tropical trees, shrubs, and lianas with often showy yellow or white flowers and typically toothed leaves.
- Accepted species
- 617accepted names · Kew WCVP
- Genera
- 11accepted genera · Kew WCVP
- Origin
- ≈51 MaPaleogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
- Centre of diversity
- Australasiamost native species · WGSRPD
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Plants you might know
- Dillenia
- Hibbertia
- Tetracera
Genera
Hibbertia387 spp.
Doliocarpus63 spp.
Dillenia60 spp.
Tetracera53 spp.
Davilla35 spp.
Acrotrema10 spp.
Neodillenia3 spp.
Schumacheria3 spp.
Curatella1 spp.
Didesmandra1 spp.
Pinzona1 spp.
Where it grows
- Australasia366
- Southern America122
- Asia-Tropical89
- Pacific26
- Africa20
- Northern America7
- Asia-Temperate5
Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.
Related families
Dilleniaceae sits in the order Dilleniales.