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Combretaceae
Sign in to saveThe Combretaceae, often called the white mangrove family, are a family of flowering plants in the order Myrtales. The family includes about 530 species of trees, shrubs, and lianas in 10 genera. The family includes the leadwood tree, Combretum imberbe. Three genera, Conocarpus, Laguncularia, and Lumnitzera, grow in mangrove habitats (mangals). The Combretaceae are widespread in the subtropics and tropics. Some members of this family produce useful construction timber, such as idigbo from Terminalia ivorensis. The commonly cultivated Quisqualis indica (as well as the entire former genus Quisqua
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Combretaceae is a family of plants within the kingdom Plantae. It belongs to the phylum Tracheophyta, class Magnoliopsida, and order Myrtales. The family is also referred to by the common name buttonwood.
Records indicate that members of this family have been documented in Mexico, the Philippines, the United States, Egypt, and South Africa. The family is accepted in taxonomic databases and has been the subject of 1,491 publications in PubMed. Additionally, 406,711 occurrence records are associated with the taxon.
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Species
buttonwood
FAMILY
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMyrtales
- FamilyCombretaceae
General: Notes on delimitation: Combretaceae was traditionally Appearance: Key to genera of Neotropical Combretaceae 1. Flowers
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,117
- With media
- 403
- Family
- Combretaceae
- Collections
- IIB-UV, BRIT, UOMNH, NCSM, IBUNAM, IGL-UNAM
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Philippines, United States, Egypt, South Africa, Myanmar, Brazil, Kenya
Research
1,491 papers- Anogeissus leiocarpus (DC.) Guill. & Perr. (Combretaceae): A review of the traditional uses, phytochemistry and pharmacology of African birch.Fitoterapia · 2024
- Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors from Conocarpus lancifolius Engl. (Combretaceae).Natural product research · 2023
- Combretum kraussii Hochst. (Combretaceae): Medicinal Uses, Phytochemistry and Pharmacological Properties.Pakistan journal of biological sciences : PJBS · 2025
- Bioactivities of the genus Combretum (Combretaceae): a review.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2012
- Ethnopharmacological uses, phytochemistry and pharmacological activities of Guiera senegalensis J.F. Gmel. (Combretaceae).Journal of ethnopharmacology · 2021
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Image
- Quisqualis indica MS4133.JPG
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- Combretaceae
- taxon rank
- family
- taxon name
- Combretaceae
- topic's main category
- Category:Combretaceae
- has fruit type
- drupe
- taxonomic type
- Combretum
- taxon common name
- 使君子科
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Genera
- References
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The Combretaceae, often called the white mangrove family, are a family of flowering plants in the order Myrtales. The family includes about 530 species of trees, shrubs, and lianas in 10 genera. The family includes the leadwood tree, Combretum imberbe. Three genera, Conocarpus, Laguncularia, and Lumnitzera, grow in mangrove habitats (mangals). The Combretaceae are widespread in the subtropics and tropics. Some members of this family produce useful construction timber, such as idigbo from Terminalia ivorensis. The commonly cultivated Quisqualis indica (as well as the entire former genus Quisqualis) is now placed in the genus Combretum. Many plants in the former Quisqualis genus contain quisqualic acid, a potent nerve toxin.
==Taxonomy== The family name comes from the type genus Combretum; it also includes the white mangrove, Laguncularia racemosa, found along seacoasts in tropical America and West Africa.
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