Family · Rosids

Elaeocarpaceae

Tropical and Southern family of trees and shrubs with fringed petals, including blue-fruited quandongs.

Accepted species: 791accepted names · Kew WCVP
Genera: 12accepted genera · Kew WCVP
Origin: ≈84 MaCretaceous · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
Centre of diversity: Asia-Tropicalmost native species · WGSRPD

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Plants you might know

Elaeocarpus (quandong)
Aristotelia
Sloanea

Genera

Elaeocarpus483 spp.
Sloanea187 spp.
Tetratheca53 spp.
Aceratium20 spp.
Sericolea18 spp.
Dubouzetia11 spp.
Aristotelia6 spp.
Crinodendron4 spp.
Platytheca3 spp.
Peripentadenia2 spp.
Tremandra2 spp.
Vallea2 spp.

Where it grows

Asia-Tropical435
Southern America137
Australasia106
Pacific84
Asia-Temperate59
Africa13
Northern America9

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

Related families

Elaeocarpaceae sits in the order Oxalidales.