Family · Monocots

Petrosaviaceae

Tiny family including mycoheterotrophic herbs that lack chlorophyll and feed on soil fungi.

Accepted species

3accepted names · Kew WCVP

Genera

2accepted genera · Kew WCVP

Origin

≈98 MaCretaceous · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree

Centre of diversity

Asia-Temperatemost native species · WGSRPD

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Plants you might know

• Petrosavia
• Japonolirion

Genera

• Petrosavia2 spp.
• Japonolirion1 spp.

Where it grows

• Asia-Temperate2
• Asia-Tropical2

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

Related families

Petrosaviaceae sits in the order Petrosaviales.