Family · Asterids
Icacinaceae
Pantropical trees, shrubs and lianas, some with edible starchy tubers or drupe fruits.
- Accepted species
- 159accepted names · Kew WCVP
- Genera
- 23accepted genera · Kew WCVP
- Origin
- ≈56 MaPaleogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
- Centre of diversity
- Africamost native species · WGSRPD
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Plants you might know
- Icacina
- Cassinopsis
- Pyrenacantha
Genera
Pyrenacantha36 spp.
Iodes21 spp.
Mappia12 spp.
Ryticaryum12 spp.
Phytocrene11 spp.
Miquelia10 spp.
Alsodeiopsis8 spp.
Casimirella7 spp.
Pleurisanthes7 spp.
Cassinopsis6 spp.
Icacina5 spp.
Stachyanthus5 spp.
Vadensea4 spp.
Mappianthus3 spp.
Desmostachys2 spp.
Hosiea2 spp.
Sarcostigma2 spp.
Lavigeria1 spp.
Leretia1 spp.
Merrilliodendron1 spp.
Natsiatopsis1 spp.
Natsiatum1 spp.
Sleumeria1 spp.
Where it grows
- Africa77
- Asia-Tropical57
- Southern America18
- Asia-Temperate16
- Northern America4
- Pacific1
- Australasia1
Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.
Related families
Icacinaceae sits in the order Icacinales.