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| Authority - (A,.DC.) Schodde | Total Number of genera - 3 |
| Gymnosperm or Angiosperm? - Angiosperm | Total Number of species - 160 |
| Plant forms - Trees |
| World Distribution - Glossocalyx longicuspis in West Africa and Siparuna of several dozen species, in the Neotropics.Order Laurales
Genera are Siparuna, Bracteanthus, Glossocalyx. |
| Comments - The plants concerned prior had been included in family Monimiaceae. The APG II system accepts Siparunaceae under order Laurales now
The genera are Siparuna, Bracteanthus, Glossocalyx.
The family consists of two genera of woody plants, with essential oils |