Combretaceae is a family

Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 of flowering plant

Flowering plant

The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...

s in the order Myrtales

Myrtales

The Myrtales are an order of flowering plants placed as a basal group within the rosid group of dicotyledons...

. The family includes about 600 species of tree

Tree

A tree is a perennial woody plant. It is most often defined as a woody plant that has many secondary branches supported clear of the ground on a single main stem or trunk with clear apical dominance. A minimum height specification at maturity is cited by some authors, varying from 3 m to...

s, shrub

Shrub

A shrub or bush is distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and shorter height, usually under 5–6 m tall. A large number of plants may become either shrubs or trees, depending on the growing conditions they experience...

s, and liana

Liana

A liana is any of various long-stemmed, woody vines that are rooted in the soil at ground level and use trees, as well as other means of vertical support, to climb up to the canopy to get access to well-lit areas of the forest. Lianas are especially characteristic of tropical moist deciduous...

s in 18 genera

Genus

In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

. The family includes the leadwood tree, Combretum imberbe

Combretum imberbe

The semi-deciduous Leadwood tree is found from KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa in the south to Tanzania in the north. It normally grows up to 20 metres tall...

. Three genera, Conocarpus

Conocarpus

Conocarpus is a genus of two species of flowering plants in the family Combretaceae, native to tropical regions of the world. One of the species is a widespread mangrove species, the other is restricted to a small area around the southern Red Sea coasts, where it grows alongside seasonal...

, Laguncularia

Laguncularia

Laguncularia is a genus of plants in the family Combretaceae, with ten species:*Laguncularia coccinea Gaudich., syn. for Lumnitzera littorea*Laguncularia glabriflora C.Presl, syn. for Laguncularia racemosa?...

and Lumnitzera

Lumnitzera

Lumnitzera is an Indo-West Pacific mangrove genus in the family Combretaceae. The English common name is Black Mangrove. Lumnitzera, named after the German botanist, Stephan Lumnitzer , occurs in mangroves from East Africa to the Western Pacific , and northern Australia.The genus has two species of...

, grow in mangrove

Mangrove

Mangroves are various kinds of trees up to medium height and shrubs that grow in saline coastal sediment habitats in the tropics and subtropics – mainly between latitudes N and S...

 habitats (mangals). Combretaceae are widespread in the subtropics

Subtropics

The subtropics are the geographical and climatical zone of the Earth immediately north and south of the tropical zone, which is bounded by the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn, at latitudes 23.5°N and 23.5°S...

 and tropics

Tropics

The tropics is a region of the Earth surrounding the Equator. It is limited in latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the northern hemisphere at approximately  N and the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern hemisphere at  S; these latitudes correspond to the axial tilt of the Earth...

. Some members of this family produce useful construction timber, such as idigbo from Terminalia ivorensis

Terminalia ivorensis

Terminalia ivorensis is a species of tree in the Combretaceae family. It is found in Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone. It is threatened by habitat loss.The wood, used as lumber, has a density of about 560kg per cubic meter....

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Genera

Anogeissus Anogeissus Anogeissus is a genus of trees native to South Asia, the Arabian Peninsula, and Africa, belonging to family Combretaceae. The genus has eight species, five native to South Asia, two endemic to the southern Arabian Peninsula, and one native to Africa. Anogeissus latifolia, known as dhaora, is one of... (DC.) Wall. ex Guill. & Perr. Buchenavia Buchenavia Buchenavia is a genus of plant in family Combretaceae. It contains the following species :* Buchenavia grandis, Ducke* Buchenavia hoehneana, N. Mattos* Buchenavia iguaratensis, N. Mattos... Eichler Bucida Bucida Bucida is a genus of flowering plants in the Indian almond family, Combretaceae. It contains the following species :* Bucida angustifolia * Bucida buceras L... L. Calycopteris Lam. Combretum Combretum The bushwillows or combretums, Combretum, make up the type genus of the family Combretaceae. The genus comprises about 370 species of trees and shrubs, roughly 300 of which are native to tropical and southern Africa, about 5 to Madagascar, some 25 to tropical Asia and approximately 40 to tropical... Loefl. Conocarpus Conocarpus Conocarpus is a genus of two species of flowering plants in the family Combretaceae, native to tropical regions of the world. One of the species is a widespread mangrove species, the other is restricted to a small area around the southern Red Sea coasts, where it grows alongside seasonal... L.

Dansiea Byrnes Guiera Guiera Guiera is a flowering plant genus in the family Combretaceae.... Adans. ex Juss. Laguncularia Laguncularia Laguncularia is a genus of plants in the family Combretaceae, with ten species:*Laguncularia coccinea Gaudich., syn. for Lumnitzera littorea*Laguncularia glabriflora C.Presl, syn. for Laguncularia racemosa?... C.F.Gaertn. Lumnitzera Lumnitzera Lumnitzera is an Indo-West Pacific mangrove genus in the family Combretaceae. The English common name is Black Mangrove. Lumnitzera, named after the German botanist, Stephan Lumnitzer , occurs in mangroves from East Africa to the Western Pacific , and northern Australia.The genus has two species of... Willd. Macropteranthes F.Muell. Meiostemon Exell & Stace

Pteleopsis Pteleopsis Pteleopsis is a genus of plant in family Combretaceae. It contains the following species :* Pteleopsis barbosae Exell* Pteleopsis habeensis Aubrev. ex Keay* Pteleopsis suberosa Engl. & Diels... Engl. Quisqualis L. Strephonema Hook.f. Terminalia Terminalia (plant) Terminalia is a genus of large trees of the flowering plant family Combretaceae, comprising around 100 species distributed in tropical regions of the world. This genus gets it name from Latin terminus, referring to the fact that the leaves appear at the very tips of the shoots.Trees of this genus... L. Terminaliopsis Danguy Thiloa Thiloa Thiloa is a genus of the plant family Combretaceae.Species include:*Thiloa colombiana*Thiloa glaucocarpa*Thiloa gracilis*Thiloa inundata*Thiloa nitida*Thiloa paraguariensis*Thiloa schultzei*Thiloa stigmaria... Eichler