Basal Angiosperms

At ANBG:

• AMBORELLALES

  • Amborellaceae (1 species NC) - 0 species at ANBG

• AUSTROBAILEYALES

  • Austrobaileyaceae - only 1 species in the genus Austrobaileya endemic to the rain forests of north Queensland - 1 species at ANBG

  • Schisandraceae - 3 known genera and a total of 92 known species; are found in tropical to temperate regions of East and Southeast Asia and North America   - 0 species at ANBG

  • Trimenaceae - a small, tropical family is distributed from Malesia and eastern Australia to Polynesia; it is represented in Australia by one species, Trimenia moorei, which occurs in rainforests and wet sclerophyll forests in north-eastern NSW and south-eastern Queensland - 1 species at ANBG

• NYMPHAEALES

  • Cabombaceae - a small family from the tropics and warm-temperate regions of all continents. Brasenia is widespread in mainland eastern Australia, but is not common. Cabomba is an aquarium plant that has become a serious weed in many parts of the world; it has been collected from coastal NSW

    • Brasenia   - 0 species at ANBG

    • Cabomba (all introduced)   - 0 species at ANBG

  • Hydatellaceae - a very small family endemic to Australia except one species of Hydatella which occurs in NZ; grow in the mud of seasonally drying, freshwater pools and along streambanks, mostly in south-western Australia but with one species scattered across much of southern Australia, one scattered across northern Australia and one in the highlands of Tasmania

    • Hydatella   - 0 species at ANBG

    • Trithuria   - 0 species at ANBG

  • Nympheaceae - 

    • Nymphaea (some species  introduced)   - 0 species at ANBG

    • Ondinea   - 0 species at ANBG

• CHLORANTHALES 

  • Chloranthaceae - not closely related to any other family; they are woody or weakly woody plants occurring in Southeast Asia, the Pacific, Madagascar, Central and South America, and the West Indies; the family consists of four extant genera, totalling about 77 known species   - 0 species at ANBG

• CANELLALES

  • Canellaceae - is native to the Afrotropical and Neotropical realms

  • Winteraceae - a small, southern family with a disjunct distribution in Malesia and Australasia, and again in Central and South America; in Australia it is an eastern family distributed in rainforests and wet sclerophyll forests, often at high elevation, from north Queensland to Tasmania

    • Drimys - 1 species at ANBG

    • Tasmannia - 6 species at ANBG

    • Zygogynum   - 0 species at ANBG

• PIPERALES

  • Aristolochiaceae - a moderate-sized family from the tropics and subtropics of all continents; several species of Aristolochia, the only genus in Australia, are found at rain forest margins in northern and eastern Australia

    • Aristolochia - 0 species at ANBG

  • Piperaceae - pantropical & is represented in Australia by 3 genera found along the east coast from Cape York to coastal NSW, in rainforests and moist sites in sclerophyll forests

    • Macropiper - 1 species at ANBG

    • Peperomia (some species  introduced) - 0 species at ANBG

    • Piper - 2 species at ANBG

    • Pothomorphe - 0 species at ANBG

  • Saururaceae - 4 genera and 7 species of herbaceous plants native to eastern and southern Asia and North America - 0 species at ANBG

• LAURALES

  • • Calycanthaceae-  3 genera and only 10 known species, restricted to warm temperate and tropical region; 1 Australian genus

      • Idiospermum - 0 species at ANBG

    • Hermandiaceae - 5 genera (3 in Australia) & 58 species in tropical areas

      • Gyrocarpus - 0 species at ANBG

      • Hernadia - 0 species at ANBG

      • Valvanthera - 0 species at ANBG

    • Monimiaceae

      • Atherosperma - 1 species at ANBG

      • Austromatthaea - 0 species at ANBG

      • Daphnandra - 6 species at ANBG

      • Doryphora - 2 species at ANBG

      • Dryadodaphne - 0 species at ANBG

      • Hedycarya - 1 species at ANBG

      • Kibara - 0 species at ANBG

      • Levieria - 0 species at ANBG

      • Palmeria - 0 species at ANBG

      • Steganthera - 1 species at ANBG

      • Tetrasynandra - 0 species at ANBG

      • Wilkiea - 3 species at ANBG

    • Gomortegaceae - 1 species in Chile

  • Lauraceae - as recognised for the Flora of Australia: 

    • Beilschmiedia - 2 species at ANBG

    • Cassytha - 0 species at ANBG

    • Cinnamomum (some species  introduced) - 3 species at ANBG

    • Cryptocarya - 20 species at ANBG

    • Endiandra - 12 species at ANBG

    • Lindera - 0 species at ANBG

    • Litsea - 3 species at ANBG

    • Neolitsea - 2 species at ANBG

  • Siparunaceae - 2 genera of woody plants: Glossocalyx in West Africa and Siparuna in the neotropics

• MAGNOLIALES

  • Annonaceae - a large, primitive, pantropical family. In Australia, members of the family are restricted to rainforests and vine scrubs of eastern Queensland and the Top End of the Northern Territory

    • Australian genera: Ancana, Annona, Cananga, Cyathostemma, Desmos, Fissistigma, Fitzalania, Goniothalamus, Haplostichanthus, Melodorum, Miliusa, Mitrephora, Polyalthia, Polyaulax, Popowia, Pseuduvaria, Rauwenhoffia, Uvaria, Xylopia

  • Eupomataceae - a small, primitive family comprising the single genus Eupomatia, 2 species of which are found in eastern Australia and eastern Papua New Guinea, on rain forest margins or in wet sclerophyll forests at low altitudes - 0 species at ANBG

    •  Eupomatia - 2 species at ANBG

      • Eupomatia bennettii

      • Eupomatia laurina

  • Magnoliaceae - 2 genera: Magnolia and Liriodendron (tulip trees)

  • Degeneriaceae - widely distributed in temperate and tropical Asia from the Himalayas to Japan and southwest through Malaysia and New Guinea. Asia is home to about two-thirds of the species, with the remainder of the family spread across the Americas

  • Himantandraceae - consists of only one genus, Galbulimima, of probably two species, trees and shrubs, found in tropical areas in Southeast Asia and Australia

    • Galbulimima - 0 species at ANBG

  • Myristicaceae - the nutmeg family, native to Africa, Asia, Pacific islands, and the Americas; about 21 genera with about 520 species of trees, shrubs and rarely lianas found in tropical forests around the world

Basal angiosperm genera at ANBG: (68 species at ANBG, including 2 ANA grade)

• AUSTROBAILEYALES

  • Austrobaileyaceae - 2 at ANBG

    • Austrobaileya - 1 species at ANBG

    • Trimenia - 1 species at ANBG

• CANELLALES 

  • Winteraceae - 7at ANBG

    • Drimys - 1 species at ANBG

    • Tasmannia - 6 species at ANBG

• PIPERALES 

  • Piperaceae - 3 at ANBG

    • Macropiper - 1 species at ANBG

    • Piper - 2 species at ANBG

• LAURALES

  • Monimiaceae -14 at ANBG

    • Atherosperma - 1 species at ANBG

    • Daphnandra - 6 species at ANBG

    • Doryphora - 2 species at ANBG

    • Hedycarya - 1 species at ANBG

    • Steganthera - 1 species at ANBG

    • Wilkiea - 3 species at ANBG

  • Lauraceae - 42 at ANBG

    • Beilschmiedia - 2 species at ANBG

    • Cinnamomum (some species  introduced) - 3 species at ANBG

    • Cryptocarya - 20 species at ANBG

    • Endiandra - 12 species at ANBG

    • Litsea - 3 species at ANBG

    • Neolitsea - 2 species at ANBG

• MAGNOLIALES 

  • Eupomatiaceae - 2 at ANBG

    •  Eupomatia - 2 species at ANBG