Quillajaceae is a family of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
s. It contains only two extant species, ''
Quillaja brasiliensis'' and ''
Quillaja saponaria
''Quillaja saponaria'', the soap bark tree or soapbark, is an evergreen tree in the family Quillajaceae, native to warm temperate central Chile. In Chile it occurs from 32 to 40° South Latitude approximately and at up to 2000 m (6500&nbs ...
'',
and one fossil species, ''
Dakotanthus cordiformis''.
References
Rosid families
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