Family · Asterids

Pentaphylacaceae

Evergreen trees and shrubs, mostly of tropical and subtropical Asia and the Americas.

Accepted species: 549accepted names · Kew WCVP
Genera: 12accepted genera · Kew WCVP
Origin: ≈100 MaCretaceous · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
Centre of diversity: Asia-Tropicalmost native species · WGSRPD

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Genera

Ternstroemia164 spp.
Eurya163 spp.
Adinandra107 spp.
Freziera79 spp.
Cleyera24 spp.
Anneslea4 spp.
Balthasaria2 spp.
Symplococarpon2 spp.
Archboldiodendron1 spp.
Euryodendron1 spp.
Pentaphylax1 spp.
Visnea1 spp.

Where it grows

Asia-Tropical223
Southern America195
Asia-Temperate154
Northern America19
Africa7
Pacific7

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

Related families

Pentaphylacaceae sits in the order Ericales.