Biology:Cneoraceae

Short description: Family of plants

Cneorum tricoccon

Cneoraceae was a relict family of Mediterranean shrubs that evolved under tropical conditions during the Cenozoic era. It is a dicot that generally favours higher altitudes and is rich in tannin. It produces both hermaphrodite and male flowers, but the male flowers produce more fertile pollen, leading to a fruit.

There are two genera and six species in tropical Africa, South and Southeast Asia, northern Australia , the Canary Islands, the northwestern Mediterranean, Cuba and China . The genera are Cneorum and Harrisonia.

The APG II and APG III systems have assigned these genera to the subfamily Spathelioideae in the citrus family, Rutaceae.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2700738 entry