Family · Asterids

Pentaphragmataceae

Single genus of fleshy, asymmetric-leaved herbs from the rainforest understorey of tropical Southeast Asia.

Accepted species

32accepted names · Kew WCVP

Genus

1accepted genus · Kew WCVP

Origin

≈78 MaCretaceous · stem age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree

Centre of diversity

Asia-Tropicalmost native species · WGSRPD

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Plants you might know

• Pentaphragma

Its genus

• Pentaphragma32 spp.

Where it grows

• Asia-Tropical31
• Asia-Temperate2

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

Related families

Pentaphragmataceae sits in the order Asterales.

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• CampanulaceaeBellflowers, lobelia2,526
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• StylidiaceaeTriggerplants329
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• Calyceraceae47
• Argophyllaceae25
• Rousseaceae15
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