Family · Asterids

Pennantiaceae

Single genus of trees and shrubs from New Zealand and eastern Australia; Pennantia corymbosa is the NZ kaikomako.

Accepted species

4accepted names · Kew WCVP

Genus

1accepted genus · Kew WCVP

Origin

≈22 MaNeogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree

Centre of diversity

Australasiamost native species · WGSRPD

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Plants you might know

• Pennantia

Its genus

• Pennantia4 spp.

Where it grows

• Australasia4

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

Related families

Pennantiaceae sits in the order Apiales.

• ApiaceaeCarrot, celery, parsley, fennel3,996
• AraliaceaeIvy, ginseng, schefflera1,715
• PittosporaceaePittosporum, cheesewood324
• Myodocarpaceae15
• Torricelliaceae11
• GriseliniaceaeGriselinia7