Family · Monocots
Flagellariaceae
False rattan
Single genus of climbing tropical Old World reeds that scramble using coiling leaf-tip tendrils.
- Accepted species
- 5accepted names · Kew WCVP
- Genus
- 1accepted genus · Kew WCVP
- Origin
- ≈3 MaNeogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
- Centre of diversity
- Asia-Tropicalmost native species · WGSRPD
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Plants you might know
- Flagellaria
- Flagellaria indica
Where it grows
- Asia-Tropical4
- Pacific4
- Africa2
- Asia-Temperate1
- Australasia1
Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.
Related families
Flagellariaceae sits in the order Poales.
- PoaceaeGrasses — wheat, rice, corn, bamboo12,484
- CyperaceaeSedges, papyrus6,073
- BromeliaceaeBromeliads, pineapple3,787
- EriocaulaceaePipeworts1,225
- RestionaceaeCape reeds554
- JuncaceaeRushes535
- XyridaceaeYellow-eyed grasses410
- Rapateaceae97
- TyphaceaeCattails, bur-reeds74
- MayacaceaeBog mosses5
- Thurniaceae4
- JoinvilleaceaeOhe3
- Ecdeiocoleaceae3