Myristicaceae

The Myristicaceae are a family of flowering plants native to Africa, Asia, Pacific islands, and the Americas and has been recognized by most taxonomists. It is sometimes called the "nutmeg family", after its most famous member, Myristica fragrans, the source of the spices nutmeg and mace. The best known genera are Myristica in Asia and Virola in the Neotropics.

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Otoba is a genus of trees in family Myristicaceae. It ranges from Nicaragua to Bolivia.

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Brochoneura usambarensis is a species of tree native to the moist evergreen forests of Kenya and Tanzania. It is the sole species in genus Brochoneura.

Iryanthera is a flowering plant genus in the family Myristicaceae.

Endocomia is a genus of flowering trees in the family Myristicaceae with a distribution ranging from Indochina to New Guinea. It is distinguished from the other Asian genera by its monoecious inflorescences which are unique in the mostly dioecious Myristicaceae. The only other place where monoecy is reported in the family is in a few Iryanthera species in South America.

Gymnacranthera is a genus of flowering plants in the family Myristicaceae found from Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra to New Guinea and the Philippines.

Compsoneura is a genus comprising 23 species of trees found in tropical lowland forests of the New World. It can be distinguished from other Neotropical Myristicaceae by its conspicuous parallel tertiary venation that is nearly perpendicular to the costa.

Mauloutchia is a genus of trees endemic to the lowland eastern and northern rain forests of Madagascar. They can be distinguished by their non-monocyclic androecium with anthers basifixed and borne on short filaments.

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Staudtia is a genus of plant in family Myristicaceae. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete): Staudtia pterocarpa (Warb.) Warb. Staudtia stipitata (Warb.) Warb.

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