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Authority - Caruel | Total Number of genera - 10 |
Gymnosperm or Angiosperm? - Angiosperm | Total Number of species - 51 |
Plant forms - Evergreen trees &shrubs | |
World Distribution - Madagascar | |
Comments - Recent DNA studies indicate that the Sarcolaenaceae are a sibling taxon to the family Dipterocarpaceae of Africa, South America, India, Southeast Asia and Malesia. |
1 - Eremolaena. 2 - Leptolaena. 3 - Sarcolaena. |