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Authority - DC. | Total Number of genera - 1 |
Gymnosperm or Angiosperm? - Angiosperm | Total Number of species - 5 |
Plant forms - subshrubs, shrubs and small trees |
World Distribution - Mediterranean, mid-Eastern Eurasia, New Guinea, New Zealand, Central and western South America |
Comments - Mostly shrubs, some trees. Only genus, Coriaria. The South American species C. ruscifolia is an evergreen climber known as Deu or Huique,
A widespread but disjunct distribution across warm temperate regions of the world, occurring as far apart as the Mediterranean region, southern and eastern Asia, New Zealand (where there are some alpine species),
the Pacific Ocean islands, and Central and South America. |