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Sarcolaenaceae
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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.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMalvales
- FamilySarcolaenaceae
Observations recorded13,242
旋花树科（学名：Sarcolaenaceae）又名苞杯花科或肉被花科，共有9属约60种，都是生长在非洲马达加斯加岛的特有种。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 28
- With media
- 27
- Family
- Sarcolaenaceae
- Collections
- CAS, BRIT, MO, RSA, MNHN
- Recorded in
- Madagascar, Colombia
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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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sarcolaenaceae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.