Spermatophyta: Dicotyledonae: Archichlamydeae: Caryophyllales

Lophiocarpaceae

Doweld, A. & Reveal, J.L. (2008) New Suprageneric Names for Vascular Plants Phytologia 90(3) 416-417

Thorne, R.F. & Reveal, J.L. (2007) An Updated Classification of the Class Magnoliopsida ("Angiospermae") The Botanical Review 73(2) 67-181

Description of the family

Comment: Two genera formerly placed in different families (Corbichonia in Molluginaceae and Lophiocarpus in Phytolaccaceae) are now together in this family.

Worldwide: 2 genera and 7 species in Africa and Asia as far as India

Zimbabwe: 2 genera and 3 taxa.

Links to genera: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this family

Genus	Content
Corbichonia Scop.	Description, Image
Lophiocarpus Turcz.	Description, Image

Other sources of information about Lophiocarpaceae:

Our websites:

Flora of Botswana: Lophiocarpaceae
Flora of Caprivi: Lophiocarpaceae
Flora of Malawi: Lophiocarpaceae
Flora of Mozambique: Lophiocarpaceae
Flora of Zambia: Lophiocarpaceae

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Lophiocarpaceae
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Lophiocarpaceae
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Lophiocarpaceae
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Lophiocarpaceae
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Lophiocarpaceae
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Lophiocarpaceae
JSTOR Plant Science: Lophiocarpaceae
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Lophiocarpaceae
Wikipedia: Lophiocarpaceae
Plants of the World Online: Lophiocarpaceae
Tropicos: Lophiocarpaceae