Family · Rosids

Lophopyxidaceae

Single-species family comprising one tendril-climbing woody vine of Southeast Asian and Pacific rainforests.

Accepted species

1accepted names · Kew WCVP

Genus

1accepted genus · Kew WCVP

Origin

≈59 MaPaleogene · stem age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree

Centre of diversity

Asia-Tropicalmost native species · WGSRPD

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Plants you might know

• Lophopyxis maingayi

Its genus

• Lophopyxis1 spp.

Where it grows

• Asia-Tropical1
• Pacific1

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

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Lophopyxidaceae sits in the order Malpighiales.

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