Family · Monocots

Velloziaceae

Tree-lilies

Woody desiccation-tolerant plants of rocky outcrops, dominant on Brazilian campo rupestre and African inselbergs.

Accepted species: 320accepted names · Kew WCVP
Genera: 7accepted genera · Kew WCVP
Origin: ≈31 MaPaleogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
Centre of diversity: Southern Americamost native species · WGSRPD

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Plants you might know

Vellozia
Barbacenia
Xerophyta

Genera

Vellozia143 spp.
Barbacenia111 spp.
Xerophyta57 spp.
Barbaceniopsis4 spp.
Nanuza3 spp.
Acanthochlamys1 spp.
Talbotia1 spp.

Where it grows

Southern America261
Africa57
Asia-Temperate2

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

Related families

Velloziaceae sits in the order Pandanales.