Family · Asterids
Martyniaceae
Devil's claw
Sticky-glandular herbs whose woody fruits bear long hooked horns, the devil's claws.
- Accepted species
- 14accepted names · Kew WCVP
- Genera
- 5accepted genera · Kew WCVP
- Origin
- ≈13 MaNeogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
- Centre of diversity
- Northern Americamost native species · WGSRPD
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Plants you might know
- Proboscidea
- Martynia
- Ibicella
Genera
Proboscidea7 spp.
Craniolaria2 spp.
Ibicella2 spp.
Martynia2 spp.
Holoregmia1 spp.
Where it grows
- Northern America9
- Southern America8
Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.
Related families
Martyniaceae sits in the order Lamiales.
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- Schlegeliaceae38
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- Carlemanniaceae5
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- Plocospermataceae1