Family · Asterids

Symplocaceae

Sweetleaf

Tropical to warm-temperate trees and shrubs often accumulating aluminium; single genus Symplocos.

Accepted species: 412accepted names · Kew WCVP
Genus: 1accepted genus · Kew WCVP
Origin: ≈24 MaPaleogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
Centre of diversity: Southern Americamost native species · WGSRPD

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Symplocos (sweetleaf)

Its genus

Symplocos412 spp.

Where it grows

Southern America189
Asia-Tropical151
Asia-Temperate71
Australasia19
Northern America18
Pacific10

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

Related families

Symplocaceae sits in the order Ericales.