Family · Rosids

Tovariaceae

Single-genus Neotropical family of strong-smelling herbs and soft shrubs with mustard-oil chemistry.

Accepted species

2accepted names · Kew WCVP

Genus

1accepted genus · Kew WCVP

Origin

≈60 MaPaleogene · stem age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree

Centre of diversity

Southern Americamost native species · WGSRPD

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Plants you might know

• Tovaria

Its genus

• Tovaria2 spp.

Where it grows

• Southern America2
• Northern America1

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

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Tovariaceae sits in the order Brassicales.

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