Monimiaceae

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

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
  • Genus Hortonia (2 species, native to Sri Lanka)
• 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, Australia to Fiji)
    • Genus Kibaropsis (1 species, New Caledonia)
    • Genus Levieria (9 species, Queensland, New Guinea to Sulawesi)
    • Genus Xymalos (1-3 speciesin Africa from 900-2700 meters elevation from Sudan to South Africa, and on Mount Cameroon and Bioko)
  • Tribe Mollinedieae
    • Genus Faika
    • Genus Kairoa
    • Genus Kibara
    • Genus Macropeplus
    • Genus Matthaea
    • Genus Mollinedia
    • Genus Parakibara
    • Genus Steganthera
    • Genus Tetrasynandra
    • Genus Wilkiea
  • Tribe Hennecartieae
    • Genus Hennecartia

References

• Lorence, D. H., 1985. "A monograph of the Monimiaceae (Laurales) in the Malagasy Region (Southwest Indian Ocean)". Annals of the Missouri Botanic Garden 72: 1-165.
• Philipson, W. R., 1987. A classification of the Monimiaceae. Nordic Journal of Botany 7: 25-29.