bushwillow family
Combretaceae
The Combretaceae are a family of flowering plants in the order Myrtales. The family includes about 530 species of trees, shrubs, and lianas in ca 10 genera. The family includes the leadwood tree, Combretum imberbe. Three genera, Conocarpus, Laguncularia, and Lumnitzera, grow in mangrove habitats (mangals). The Combretaceae are widespread in the subtropics and tropics. Some members of this family produce useful construction timber, such as idigbo from Terminalia ivorensis. The commonly cultivated Quisqualis indica is...
10 branches of this family, most-observed first
Cluster-leafs
genusTerminalia
Bushwillows
genusCombretum
Conocarpus
genusConocarpus
Laguncularia
genusLaguncularia
Lumnitzera
genusLumnitzera
Getonia
genusGetonia
Guiera
genusGuiera
Macropteranthes
genusMacropteranthes
Strephonema
genusStrephonema
Dansiea
genusDansiea
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 62825.