Family · Rosids

Tetracarpaeaceae

Single species Tetracarpaea tasmannica: a Tasmanian evergreen shrub with glossy toothed leaves and four separate carpels.

Accepted species: 1accepted names · Kew WCVP
Genus: 1accepted genus · Kew WCVP
Origin: ≈79 MaCretaceous · stem age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
Centre of diversity: Australasiamost native species · WGSRPD

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Tetracarpaea tasmannica

Its genus

Tetracarpaea1 spp.

Where it grows

Australasia1

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

Related families

Tetracarpaeaceae sits in the order Saxifragales.