Family · Rosids

Neuradaceae

Prostrate herbs of arid Africa and Asia with woolly leaves and spiny or winged fruits adapted for desert dispersal.

Accepted species

8accepted names · Kew WCVP

Genera

3accepted genera · Kew WCVP

Origin

≈76 MaCretaceous · stem age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree

Centre of diversity

Africamost native species · WGSRPD

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Plants you might know

• Neurada
• Grielum

Genera

• Grielum4 spp.
• Neurada2 spp.
• Neuradopsis2 spp.

Where it grows

• Africa7
• Asia-Temperate2
• Asia-Tropical1

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

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Neuradaceae sits in the order Malvales.

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