Family · Asterids

Rousseaceae

Small family of shrubs and trees ranging from Mauritius to Australasia; Roussea is a Mauritian bird-pollinated liana.

Accepted species

15accepted names · Kew WCVP

Genera

4accepted genera · Kew WCVP

Origin

≈62 MaPaleogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree

Centre of diversity

Asia-Tropicalmost native species · WGSRPD

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Plants you might know

• Roussea
• Carpodetus
• Abrophyllum

Genera

• Carpodetus11 spp.
• Abrophyllum2 spp.
• Cuttsia1 spp.
• Roussea1 spp.

Where it grows

• Asia-Tropical10
• Australasia4
• Africa1
• Pacific1

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

Related families

Rousseaceae sits in the order Asterales.

• AsteraceaeDaisies — sunflower, lettuce, dandelion35,483
• CampanulaceaeBellflowers, lobelia2,526
• GoodeniaceaeFan flowers475
• StylidiaceaeTriggerplants329
• MenyanthaceaeBogbean73
• Calyceraceae47
• Pentaphragmataceae32
• Argophyllaceae25
• Alseuosmiaceae10
• Phellinaceae10