Family · Asterids
Paracryphiaceae
Trees and shrubs of New Caledonia and eastern Australasia, uniting several formerly isolated genera.
- Accepted species
- 36accepted names · Kew WCVP
- Genera
- 3accepted genera · Kew WCVP
- Origin
- ≈53 MaPaleogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
- Centre of diversity
- Asia-Tropicalmost native species · WGSRPD
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Plants you might know
- Paracryphia
- Quintinia
- Sphenostemon
Genera
Quintinia26 spp.
Sphenostemon9 spp.
Paracryphia1 spp.
Where it grows
- Asia-Tropical17
- Pacific13
- Australasia7
Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.