Meaning | genus of trees and shrubs widely distributed in warm regions some yielding useful timber; in some classifications included in the family Santalaceae. |
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Synonyms | Elaeocarpaceae, elaeocarpus family |
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Member of | Malvales, order Malvales | Malvaceae |
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Members | Aristotelia, genus Aristotelia | small genus of shrubs or small trees of Australia and New Zealand and western South America |
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Elaeocarpus, genus Elaeocarpus | type genus of the family Elaeocarpaceae |
Muntingia, genus Muntingia | One species |
Sloanea, genus Sloanea | genus of tropical hardwood timber trees |
Broader | dilleniid dicot family | family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs |
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