Family · Other eudicots

Nyctaginaceae

Bougainvillea, four o'clocks

Herbs, shrubs and trees, often with colorful petal-like bracts; includes bougainvillea.

Accepted species: 465accepted names · Kew WCVP
Genera: 32accepted genera · Kew WCVP
Origin: ≈56 MaPaleogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
Centre of diversity: Southern Americamost native species · WGSRPD

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Plants you might know

Mirabilis (four o'clock)
Bougainvillea
Pisonia

Genera

Where it grows

Southern America255
Northern America151
Africa48
Asia-Tropical26
Asia-Temperate24
Pacific22
Australasia19
Europe2

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

Related families

Nyctaginaceae sits in the order Caryophyllales.