Family · Magnoliids & basal

Himantandraceae

Aromatic rainforest trees of Australasia with scaly bud coverings, containing psychoactive and medicinal alkaloids.

Accepted species: 1accepted names · Kew WCVP
Genus: 1accepted genus · Kew WCVP
Origin: ≈95 MaCretaceous · stem age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
Centre of diversity: Asia-Tropicalmost native species · WGSRPD

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Plants you might know

Galbulimima

Its genus

Galbulimima1 spp.

Where it grows

Asia-Tropical1
Australasia1

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

Related families

Himantandraceae sits in the order Magnoliales.