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| Authority - R. Br. | Total Number of genera - 20 |
| Gymnosperm or Angiosperm? - Angiosperm | Total Number of species - 600 |
| Plant forms - Tree/Shrub/Liana | |
| World Distribution - Sub-tropical and tropical. Widespread. | |
| Comments - Three genera, Conocarpus, Laguncularia and Lumnitzera, grow in mangrove habitats. Some members of this family produce useful construction timber, such as idigbo from Terminalia ivorensis. | |