sarcolaena family
Sarcolaenaceae
The Sarcolaenaceae are a family of flowering plants endemic to Madagascar. The family includes 79 species of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs in ten genera.
Recent DNA studies indicate that the Sarcolaenaceae are a sibling taxon to the family Dipterocarpaceae of Africa, South America, India, Southeast Asia and Malesia.
10 branches of this family, most-observed first
Xerochlamys
genusXerochlamys
Sarcolaena
genusSarcolaena
Leptolaena
genusLeptolaena
Schizolaena
genusSchizolaena
Xyloolaena
genusXyloolaena
Perrierodendron
genusPerrierodendron
Rhodolaena
genusRhodolaena
Mediusella
genusMediusella
Pentachlaena
genusPentachlaena
Eremolaena
genusEremolaena
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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Every page naming Sarcolaenaceae in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
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 71617.