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Austromatthaea
Decarydendron
Ephippiandra
Faikea
Hedycarya
Hennecartia
Hortonia
Kairoa
Kibara
Kibaropsis
Lauterbachia
Levieria
Macropeplus
Macrotorus
Matthaea
Mollinedia
Monimia
Palmeria
Parakibara
Peumus
Steganthera
Tambourissa
Tetrasynandra
Wilkiea
Xymalos
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Monimiaceae is a family of flowering plants, which includes 150-220 species of shrubs and small trees in 18-25 genera. They are native to the southern hemisphere tropics and subtropics. The largest genus is Tambourissa , with 50 species in Madagascar, the Mascarene Islands, and the Comoros. The type genus, Monimia , is endemic to the Macarenes.
The earliest fossil occurrence of the family is from the late Cretaceous of Antarctica.
Family Monimiaceae
- Subfamily Hortonioideae
- Subfamily Mollinedioideae
- Tribe Hedycaryeae
- Genus Decarydendron (3 species, Madagascar)
- Genus Ephippiandra (8 species, Madagascar)
- Genus Tambourissa (approximately 50 species, Madagascar and the Mascarenes)
- Genus Hedycarya (11 species, mostly of New Caledonia, also New Zealand, AustraliaAustralia is the sixth-largest country in the world (geographically), the only one to occupy an entire continent, and the largest in the region of Australasia. Australia includes the island of Tasmania, which is an Australian State. Its neighbouring count to FijiThe Republic of the Fiji Islands occupies an archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Vanuatu, west of Tonga and south of Tuvalu. Republic of the Fiji Islands Matanitu Tu-Vaka-i-koya ko Viti ( In Detail) National motto:Rerevaka na Kalou ka Doka na)
- Genus Kibaropsis (1 species, New Caledonia)
- Genus Levieria (9 species, QueenslandQueensland State flag ( In detail) Coat of Arms ( In detail) Capital Brisbane Governor HE Ms Quentin Bryce Premier Peter Beattie Area — Land — Marine — Total 1 730 648 km˛ 121 994 km˛ 1 852 642 km˛ Population (2002) Density 3 729 000 2. 15/km˛ Time zone U, New GuineaNew Guinea located just north of Australia, is the world's second largest island having become separated from the Australian mainland when the area now known as the Torres Strait flooded around 5000 BC. The name Papua also refers to the island in whole or to SulawesiSulawesi (or Celebes is a large Indonesian island. It is the world's 11th largest island. To the west is Borneo. To the north are the Philippines. To the south is Flores. To the southeast is Timor. To the east are the Moluccas. Sulawesi contains the follo)
- Genus Xymalos (1-3 speciesin Africa from 900-2700 meters elevation from Sudan to South Africa, and on Mount CameroonMount Cameroon (or Cameroon Mountain is an active volcano in Cameroon, near the Gulf of Guinea. The mountain is known locally as Mount Faka. The volcano last erupted on March 28, 1999 and May 28, 2000. Mount Cameroon is part of a general area of volcanic and BiokoBioko is an island off the west coast of Africa in the Gulf of Guinea, formerly called Fernando Po or Fernando Poo . It is part of Equatorial Guinea. It is 70 km long from N. and about 32 km across. The island was discovered in 1472 by the Portuguese navi)
- Tribe Mollinedieae
- Genus Faika
- Genus Kairoa
- Genus Kibara
- Genus Macropeplus
- Genus Matthaea
- Genus Mollinedia
- Genus Parakibara
- Genus Steganthera
- Genus Tetrasynandra
- Genus Wilkiea
- Tribe Hennecartieae