Family · Rosids

Ixonanthaceae

Small pantropical family of trees and shrubs, some yielding useful timber and resins.

Accepted species: 18accepted names · Kew WCVP
Genera: 3accepted genera · Kew WCVP
Origin: ≈29 MaPaleogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
Centre of diversity: Southern Americamost native species · WGSRPD

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Plants you might know

Ixonanthes
Cyrillopsis

Genera

Ochthocosmus13 spp.
Ixonanthes3 spp.
Cyrillopsis2 spp.

Where it grows

Southern America9
Africa6
Asia-Tropical3
Asia-Temperate1

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

Related families

Ixonanthaceae sits in the order Malpighiales.