Thymelaeaceae detail

THYMELAEACEAE

Thymelaeaceae A.L. de Jussieu. Mezereum Family.

A family of about 45-53 genera and 500-800 species, mostly trees and shrubs, of cosmopolitan distribution, but especially diverse in Africa (Van der Bank, Fay, & Chase 2002). Dirca, Edgeworthia, and Thymelaea are all in subfamily Thymelaeoideae (Van der Bank, Fay, & Chase 2002).

Ref: Herber In Kubitzki & Bayer (2003); Nevling & Barringer (2015a) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2015); Van der Bank, Fay, & Chase (2002). Show full citations.

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