Family · Rosids
Lepidobotryaceae
Tiny family of two tropical tree species, one African and one Central American, with jointed leaf stalks.
- Accepted species
- 2accepted names · Kew WCVP
- Genera
- 2accepted genera · Kew WCVP
- Origin
- ≈22 MaNeogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
- Centre of diversity
- Africamost native species · WGSRPD
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Plants you might know
- Lepidobotrys staudtii
- Ruptiliocarpon caracolito
Genera
Lepidobotrys1 spp.
Ruptiliocarpon1 spp.
Where it grows
Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.
Related families
Lepidobotryaceae sits in the order Celastrales.