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Hernandiaceae
The Hernandiaceae are a family of flowering plants, angiosperms, in order Laurales. Consisting of five genera with ca 58 known species (Christenhusz & Byng 2016 ), they are distributed over the world's tropical areas, some of them widely distributed in coastal areas, but they occur from sea level to over 2000 m.
The family is closely related to Lauraceae, and many species inhabit laurel forest habitat; they have laurel-like (lauroid) leaves. Based on morphology, chromosome numbers, geographical distribution, and phylogenetic analyses, the family is clearly divided into two groups that have been given the rank of subfamilies Gyrocarpoideae and Hernandioideae.