Family · Asterids
Torricelliaceae
Small family of trees and shrubs disjunct across the Himalayas, Southeast Asia and Madagascar.
- Accepted species
- 11accepted names · Kew WCVP
- Genera
- 3accepted genera · Kew WCVP
- Origin
- ≈76 MaCretaceous · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
- Centre of diversity
- Africamost native species · WGSRPD
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Plants you might know
- Torricellia
- Aralidium
- Melanophylla
Genera
Melanophylla8 spp.
Torricellia2 spp.
Aralidium1 spp.
Where it grows
- Africa8
- Asia-Tropical3
- Asia-Temperate2
Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.
Related families
Torricelliaceae sits in the order Apiales.