Family · Asterids

Styracaceae

Storax, snowbell

Trees and shrubs of warm temperate and tropical regions with pendulous white flowers; source of benzoin resin.

Accepted species: 163accepted names · Kew WCVP
Genera: 12accepted genera · Kew WCVP
Origin: ≈41 MaPaleogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
Centre of diversity: Southern Americamost native species · WGSRPD

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Plants you might know

Styrax (storax)
Halesia (silverbell)
Pterostyrax

Genera

Styrax129 spp.
Rehderodendron10 spp.
Sinojackia7 spp.
Alniphyllum3 spp.
Huodendron3 spp.
Pterostyrax3 spp.
Bruinsmia2 spp.
Halesia2 spp.
Changiostyrax1 spp.
Melliodendron1 spp.
Parastyrax1 spp.
Perkinsiodendron1 spp.

Where it grows

Southern America72
Asia-Temperate60
Asia-Tropical41
Northern America19
Pacific1
Europe1

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

Related families

Styracaceae sits in the order Ericales.