Family · Rosids

Dipentodontaceae

Small Asian and Neotropical family of shrubs and trees bearing umbel-like clusters of tiny flowers.

Accepted species: 21accepted names · Kew WCVP
Genera: 2accepted genera · Kew WCVP
Origin: ≈30 MaPaleogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
Centre of diversity: Southern Americamost native species · WGSRPD

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Plants you might know

Dipentodon
Perrottetia

Genera

Perrottetia20 spp.
Dipentodon1 spp.

Where it grows

Southern America14
Asia-Temperate4
Asia-Tropical3
Northern America3
Pacific2
Australasia1

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

Related families

Dipentodontaceae sits in the order Huerteales.