Family · Rosids
Tropaeolaceae
Nasturtiums
Single-genus family of succulent, often climbing herbs with peltate leaves and spurred, pungent flowers; the garden nasturtiums.
- Accepted species
- 96accepted names · Kew WCVP
- Genus
- 1accepted genus · Kew WCVP
- Origin
- ≈71 MaCretaceous · stem age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
- Centre of diversity
- Southern Americamost native species · WGSRPD
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Where it grows
- Southern America96
- Northern America1
Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.
Related families
Tropaeolaceae sits in the order Brassicales.