Quassia Family
Simaroubaceae
The Simaroubaceae are a small, mostly tropical, family in the order Sapindales. In recent decades, it has been subject to much taxonomic debate, with several small families being split off. A molecular phylogeny of the family was published in 2007, greatly clarifying relationships within the family. Together with chemical characteristics such as the occurrence of petroselinic acid in Picrasma in contrast to other members of the family such as Ailanthus this indicates the existence of a...
20 branches of this family, most-observed first
Trees-of-Heaven
genusAilanthus
Simarouba
genusSimarouba
Castela
genusCastela
Quassia
genusQuassia
Brucea
genusBrucea
Eurycoma
genusEurycoma
Picrasma
genusPicrasma
Soulamea
genusSoulamea
Homalolepis
genusHomalolepis
Samadera
genusSamadera
corkwoods
genusLeitneria
Simaba
genusSimaba
Picrolemma
genusPicrolemma
Odyendea
genusOdyendea
Hannoa
genusHannoa
Pierreodendron
genusPierreodendron
Perriera
genusPerriera
Nothospondias
genusNothospondias
Gymnostemon
genusGymnostemon
Iridosma
genusIridosma
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 57279.