Family · Rosids
Iteaceae
Sweetspire
Shrubs and small trees with fragrant flowers in slender racemes, valued as ornamentals; mainly Asian with a few American species.
- Accepted species
- 23accepted names · Kew WCVP
- Genera
- 2accepted genera · Kew WCVP
- Origin
- ≈89 MaCretaceous · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
- Centre of diversity
- Asia-Temperatemost native species · WGSRPD
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Plants you might know
- Itea virginica (Virginia sweetspire)
- Itea ilicifolia
Genera
Itea20 spp.
Pterostemon3 spp.
Where it grows
- Asia-Temperate16
- Asia-Tropical6
- Northern America4
- Africa1
Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.