Family · Asterids
Stemonuraceae
Tropical trees and shrubs of the Old and New World, with drupe fruits often bearing a fleshy appendage.
- Accepted species
- 80accepted names · Kew WCVP
- Genera
- 12accepted genera · Kew WCVP
- Origin
- ≈25 MaPaleogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
- Centre of diversity
- Asia-Tropicalmost native species · WGSRPD
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Plants you might know
- Stemonurus
- Gomphandra
- Cantleya
Genera
Gomphandra45 spp.
Stemonurus13 spp.
Medusanthera8 spp.
Grisollea3 spp.
Codiocarpus2 spp.
Discophora2 spp.
Gastrolepis2 spp.
Cantleya1 spp.
Hartleya1 spp.
Irvingbaileya1 spp.
Lasianthera1 spp.
Whitmorea1 spp.
Where it grows
- Asia-Tropical68
- Pacific8
- Africa4
- Asia-Temperate4
- Southern America2
- Australasia2
Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.
Related families
Stemonuraceae sits in the order Aquifoliales.