Family · Rosids

Ticodendraceae

Single-species family of one Central American cloud-forest tree, described only in 1989 and related to birches.

Accepted species

1accepted names · Kew WCVP

Genus

1accepted genus · Kew WCVP

Origin

≈78 MaCretaceous · stem age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree

Centre of diversity

Northern Americamost native species · WGSRPD

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Plants you might know

• Ticodendron incognitum

Its genus

• Ticodendron1 spp.

Where it grows

• Northern America1
• Southern America1

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

Related families

Ticodendraceae sits in the order Fagales.

• FagaceaeOaks, beeches, chestnuts1,192
• BetulaceaeBirches, alder, hazel212
• CasuarinaceaeShe-oaks91
• JuglandaceaeWalnuts, hickory, pecan85
• MyricaceaeBayberry, sweetgale52
• NothofagaceaeSouthern beeches42