Family · Other eudicots
Trochodendraceae
Wheel tree family
Two East Asian tree genera notable for wood that lacks vessels, a primitive trait retained among flowering plants.
- Accepted species
- 2accepted names · Kew WCVP
- Genera
- 2accepted genera · Kew WCVP
- Origin
- ≈9 MaNeogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
- Centre of diversity
- Asia-Temperatemost native species · WGSRPD
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Plants you might know
- Trochodendron aralioides
- Tetracentron sinense
Genera
Tetracentron1 spp.
Trochodendron1 spp.
Where it grows
- Asia-Temperate2
- Asia-Tropical1
Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.