Family · Asterids

Stylidiaceae

Triggerplants

Triggerplants: mostly Australian herbs whose touch-sensitive floral column snaps to dust pollinators with pollen.

Accepted species: 329accepted names · Kew WCVP
Genera: 5accepted genera · Kew WCVP
Origin: ≈6 MaNeogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
Centre of diversity: Australasiamost native species · WGSRPD

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Plants you might know

Stylidium (triggerplant)
Levenhookia
Forstera

Genera

Stylidium304 spp.
Levenhookia12 spp.
Forstera7 spp.
Phyllachne4 spp.
Donatia2 spp.

Where it grows

Australasia323
Asia-Tropical8
Southern America2
Asia-Temperate2

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

Related families

Stylidiaceae sits in the order Asterales.