Family · Monocots
Strelitziaceae
Bird of paradise
Large banana-like herbs and trees with striking beaked flowers; three genera including Strelitzia.
- Accepted species
- 12accepted names · Kew WCVP
- Genera
- 3accepted genera · Kew WCVP
- Origin
- ≈32 MaPaleogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
- Centre of diversity
- Africamost native species · WGSRPD
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Plants you might know
- Bird of paradise
- Strelitzia
- Traveller's palm
- Ravenala
Genera
Ravenala6 spp.
Strelitzia5 spp.
Phenakospermum1 spp.
Where it grows
- Africa11
- Southern America1
Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.
Related families
Strelitziaceae sits in the order Zingiberales.