The Monimiaceae is a family of flowering plants in the magnoliid order Laurales. It is closely related to the families Hernandiaceae and Lauraceae. It consists of shrubs, small trees, and a few lianas of the tropics and subtropics, mostly in the southern hemisphere. The largest center of diversity is New Guinea, with about 75 species. Lesser centres of diversity are Madagascar, Australia, and the neotropics. Africa has one species, Xymalos monospora, as does Southern Chile. Several species are distributed through Malesia and the southwest Pacific.
Siparunaceae is a family of flowering plants in the magnoliid order Laurales. It consists of two genera of woody plants, with essential oils: Glossocalyx in West Africa and Siparuna in the neotropics. Glossocalyx is monospecific and Siparuna has about 74 known species.
Matthaea is a genus of plant in family Monimiaceae. Its native range is Malesia. It contains the following accepted species:
Mollinedia argyrogyna is a species of plant in the Monimiaceae family. It is endemic to Brazil. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Mollinedia butleriana is a species of plant in the Monimiaceae family. It is endemic to Honduras.
Mollinedia engleriana is a species of plant in the Monimiaceae family. It is endemic to Brazil.
Mollinedia glabra is a species of plant in the Monimiaceae family. It is endemic to Brazil. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Mollinedia lamprophylla is a species of plant in the Monimiaceae family of the Laurales oeder.
Mollinedia marquetiana is a species of plant in the Monimiaceae family. It is endemic to Brazil. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Mollinedia ruae is a species of plant in the Monimiaceae family. It is found in Honduras and Nicaragua.
Hedycarya is a genus of dioecious trees and shrubs of the family Monimiaceae. Species occur in South East Asia, New Caledonia, Australia and Polynesia including New Zealand. The genus was named and formerly described in 1776 by botanists Johann and Georg Forster in Characteres Generum Plantarum. The limit of the genus may require change as it appears paraphyletic in phylogenetic analyses, with the genera Kibaropsis and Levieria nested in it.
Wilkiea is a genus of dioecious trees and shrubs in the Mollinedieae tribe of the family Monimiaceae. They grow in Australia and New Guinea. Species mostly have toothed leaves with short leaf stems and many oil dots on the leaves. The genus appears to have an Australian or southern origin.
Palmeria is a genus of flowering plant in the family Monimiaceae. Its range includes Sulawesi, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, and Australia.
Carnegieodoxa is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Monimiaceae.
Levieria is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Monimiaceae. They are dioecious trees or shrubs.
Macropeplus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Monimiaceae.
Ephippiandra is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Monimiaceae. Its native range is Madagascar.
Steganthera is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Monimiaceae.
Lauterbachia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Monimiaceae. The only species is Lauterbachia novoguineensisPerkins.
Macrotorus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Monimiaceae. The only species is Macrotorus utriculatus.
