quandong family
Elaeocarpaceae
Elaeocarpaceae is a family of flowering plants. The family contains approximately 615 species of trees and shrubs in 12 genera. The largest genera are Elaeocarpus, with about 350 species, and Sloanea, with about 120.
The species of Elaeocarpaceae are mostly tropical and subtropical, with a few temperate-zone species. Most species are evergreen. They are found in Madagascar, Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, West Indies, and South America.
12 branches of this family, most-observed first
Elaeocarpus
genusElaeocarpus
pink-bells
genusTetratheca
Aristotelia
genusAristotelia
Sloanea
genusSloanea
Vallea
genusVallea
Crinodendron
genusCrinodendron
Tremandra
genusTremandra
Platytheca
genusPlatytheca
Dubouzetia
genusDubouzetia
carabeens
genusAceratium
Guandong tree
genusPeripentadenia
Sericolea
genusSericolea
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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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 70234.