Family · Other eudicots

Sabiaceae

Tropical and subtropical trees, shrubs, and climbers with small flowers whose parts occur in fives.

Accepted species: 165accepted names · Kew WCVP
Genera: 3accepted genera · Kew WCVP
Origin: ≈68 MaCretaceous · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
Centre of diversity: Southern Americamost native species · WGSRPD

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Plants you might know

Meliosma
Sabia
Ophiocaryon

Genera

Meliosma128 spp.
Sabia27 spp.
Ophiocaryon10 spp.

Where it grows

Southern America93
Asia-Temperate48
Asia-Tropical46
Northern America13

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

Related families

Sabiaceae sits in the order Proteales.