Family · Other eudicots
Santalaceae
Sandalwood, mistletoe
Mostly hemiparasitic trees, shrubs and mistletoes, including fragrant sandalwood.
- Accepted species
- 1,134accepted names · Kew WCVP
- Genera
- 40accepted genera · Kew WCVP
- Origin
- ≈80 MaCretaceous · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
- Centre of diversity
- Southern Americamost native species · WGSRPD
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Plants you might know
- Santalum (sandalwood)
- Viscum (mistletoe)
- Comandra
Genera
Thesium345 spp.
Phoradendron271 spp.
Dendrophthora138 spp.
Viscum113 spp.
Arceuthobium39 spp.
Dendromyza30 spp.
Exocarpos29 spp.
Korthalsella29 spp.
Santalum19 spp.
Leptomeria18 spp.
Dufrenoya13 spp.
Antidaphne9 spp.
Ginalloa9 spp.
Notothixos8 spp.
Acanthosyris6 spp.
Choretrum6 spp.
Phacellaria6 spp.
Buckleya5 spp.
Dendrotrophe5 spp.
Osyris5 spp.
Scleropyrum5 spp.
Amphorogyne3 spp.
Cervantesia2 spp.
Eubrachion2 spp.
Lepidoceras2 spp.
Okoubaka2 spp.
Pyrularia2 spp.
Comandra1 spp.
Daenikera1 spp.
Geocaulon1 spp.
Jodina1 spp.
Lacomucinaea1 spp.
Mida1 spp.
Myoschilos1 spp.
Nanodea1 spp.
Nestronia1 spp.
Osyridicarpos1 spp.
Pilgerina1 spp.
Rhoiacarpos1 spp.
Staufferia1 spp.
Where it grows
- Southern America396
- Africa364
- Asia-Tropical127
- Northern America117
- Asia-Temperate104
- Australasia67
- Pacific39
- Europe33
- Antarctic1
Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.
Related families
Santalaceae sits in the order Santalales.