Family · Other eudicots

Myrothamnaceae

Resurrection plant family

Single genus Myrothamnus: African and Madagascan desiccation-tolerant shrubs that revive after drying, with fan-shaped folding leaves.

Accepted species

2accepted names · Kew WCVP

Genus

1accepted genus · Kew WCVP

Origin

≈9 MaNeogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree

Centre of diversity

Africamost native species · WGSRPD

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Plants you might know

• Myrothamnus flabellifolia
• Myrothamnus moschata

Its genus

• Myrothamnus2 spp.

Where it grows

• Africa2

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

Related families

Myrothamnaceae sits in the order Gunnerales.

• GunneraceaeGiant rhubarb (Gunnera)66