Family · Asterids

Tetrameristaceae

Tropical trees of three genera in SE Asia and the Neotropics, including a mangrove (Pelliciera).

Accepted species: 4accepted names · Kew WCVP
Genera: 3accepted genera · Kew WCVP
Origin: ≈50 MaPaleogene · stem age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
Centre of diversity: Southern Americamost native species · WGSRPD

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Plants you might know

Tetramerista
Pelliciera (mangrove)
Pentamerista

Genera

Pelliciera2 spp.
Pentamerista1 spp.
Tetramerista1 spp.

Where it grows

Southern America3
Asia-Tropical1

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

Related families

Tetrameristaceae sits in the order Ericales.