acharia family
Achariaceae
Achariaceae is a family of flowering plants consisting of 31 genera and about 155 species of tropical herbs, shrubs, and trees. The APG IV system has greatly expanded the scope of the family by including many genera previously classified in Flacourtiaceae. Molecular data strongly support the inclusion of this family in the order Malpighiales.
The family is almost exclusively tropical and is best known as the source of chaulmoogra oil, formerly used to treat leprosy. Unlike other members of the former Flacourtiaceae now placed in the family Salicaceae, the genera of Achariaceae typically have cyanogenic glycosides.
31 branches of this family, most-observed first
Wild Peaches
genusKiggelaria
chaulmoogra trees
genusHydnocarpus
Xylotheca
genusXylotheca
Carpotroche
genusCarpotroche
Rawsonia
genusRawsonia
Mayna
genusMayna
Ceratiosicyos
genusCeratiosicyos
Caloncoba
genusCaloncoba
Lindackeria
genusLindackeria
Pangium
genusPangium
Guthriea
genusGuthriea
Ryparosa
genusRyparosa
Camptostylus
genusCamptostylus
Acharia
genusAcharia
Gynocardia
genusGynocardia
Grandidiera
genusGrandidiera
Prockiopsis
genusProckiopsis
Peterodendron
genusPeterodendron
Dasylepis
genusDasylepis
Erythrospermum
genusErythrospermum
Trichadenia
genusTrichadenia
Baileyoxylon
genusBaileyoxylon
Buchnerodendron
genusBuchnerodendron
Scottellia
genusScottellia
Chlorocarpa
genusChlorocarpa
Scaphocalyx
genusScaphocalyx
Poggea
genusPoggea
Chiangiodendron
genusChiangiodendron
Kuhlmanniodendron
genusKuhlmanniodendron
Ahernia
genusAhernia
Eleutherandra
genusEleutherandra
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 71427.