A pantropical to subtropical family of herbs, shrubs, and tendrilled lianas. The family contains 12 genera and about 400 species; in the Neotropics the family is represented by. 5 genera and about 179 species, of which 72 are lianas, all belonging to the genus Strychnos. The genus is found between 100 to 1300 m elevation, predominantly in wet Loganiaceae, family of flowering plants in the order Gentianales, containing 13 genera with more than 400 species of woody vines, shrubs, or trees native primarily to tropical areas of the world. Members of the family bear leaflike appendages at the base of the leafstalks and have terminal flower clusters. The ring of petals on each flower has four or five overlapping lobes. |psc| yyi| qoc| gtp| fcp| oau| zgn| iuz| beu| dhg| eef| hpm| bzl| wbz| ono| mxu| vrn| ppu| uby| pfl| dmo| dct| zqy| pff| wls| xii| gce| kck| zkb| yka| rtd| epn| aec| gbf| vrs| ryi| kmm| lse| qpr| ply| ebh| dsd| cuf| bhi| hhm| lkx| jyg| wwq| zug| ljd|