| Common Names - Sandalwood Family | Synonyms - |
| Authority - R.Br. | Total Number of genera - 34 |
| Gymnosperm or Angiosperm? - Angiosperm | Total Number of species - 1000 |
| Plant forms - Tree/Shrub/Herb |
| World Distribution - Subcosmopolitan, esp. in tropical and warm, dry climates |
| Comments - APG II system of 2003 assigns it to the order Santalales. The circumscription by APG is much wider than accepted by previous classifications.
Plants are semi-parasitic.
Has timber, including rare and expensive genuine Sandalwoods. . |