| Humiriaceae Temporal range:
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| Vantanea guianensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Humiriaceae A.Juss.[2] |
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Humiriaceae (or, alternatively Houmiriaceae Juss.) is a family of evergreen flowering plants. It comprises 8 genera and 56 known species.[3] The family is exclusively Neotropical, except one species found in tropical West Africa.[1][4]
- ^ a b Herrera, Fabiany; Manchester, Steven R.; Jaramillo, Carlos; MacFadden, Bruce; da Silva‐Caminha, Silane A. (January 2010). "Phytogeographic History and Phylogeny of the Humiriaceae". International Journal of Plant Sciences. 171 (4): 392–408. doi:10.1086/651229. ISSN 1058-5893.
- ^ Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III" (PDF). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 161 (2): 105–121. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x. hdl:10654/18083. Retrieved 2013-07-06.
- ^ Christenhusz, M. J. M.; Byng, J. W. (2016). "The number of known plants species in the world and its annual increase". Phytotaxa. 261 (3): 201–217. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.261.3.1.
- ^ Herrera, Fabiany; Manchester, Steven R.; Vélez-Juarbe, Jorge; Jaramillo, Carlos (September 2014). "Phytogeographic History of the Humiriaceae (Part 2)". International Journal of Plant Sciences. 175 (7): 828–840. doi:10.1086/676818. ISSN 1058-5893.