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Authority - (Benth.) Meyers | Total Number of genera - 35 |
Gymnosperm or Angiosperm? - Angiosperm | Total Number of species - 150 |
Plant forms - Tree, Shrub, Lianes |
World Distribution - Tropical areas, few in temperate areas |
Comments - Originally had 55 genera, 400 species. This was split into 4 families in 3 orders:
Icacinaceae sensu stricto (unplaced at order rank), Pennantiaceae (Apiales), Stemonuraceae (Aquifoliales) and Cardiopteridaceae (also Aquifoliales)
This left Icacnaceae with 35 genera & 150 species.
Has commercial wood under Apodytes, Cantleya, Pennantia. Also listed under Celestrales |