The most abundant tree families are Annonaceae, Lecythidaceae, Myristicaceae, Leguminosae, and Sapotaceae. From Wordnik.com. [Solimões-Japurá moist forest] Reference
NUTMEG Family: Myristicaceae Genus: Myristica Species: fragrans Usage: 5-20 grams of ground nutmeg is ingested. From Wordnik.com. [Natural Highs Frequently Asked Questions by Vince Cavasin] Reference
This layer includes many species from the Euphorbiaceae, Rubiaceae, Annonaceae, Lauraceae, and Myristicaceae families. From Wordnik.com. [Borneo lowland rain forests] Reference
Other canopy and understory tree families that are common include Burseraceae, Sapotaceae, Euphorbiacae, Rubiaceae, Annonaceae, Lauraceae, and Myristicaceae. From Wordnik.com. [Sumatran lowland rain forests] Reference
Dominant families at the Jaú river mouth are Palmae, Leguminosae and Chrysobalanaceae, and of the middle reaches, Leguminosae, Burseraceae, Palmae, Myristicaceae and Moraceae. From Wordnik.com. [Central Amazonian Conservation Complex, Brazil] Reference
Dipterocarps also dominate much of the canopy layer, but there are many other tree families such as Burseraceae, Sapotaceae, Euphorbiacae, Rubiaceae, Annonaceae, Lauraceae, and Myristicaceae. From Wordnik.com. [Mentawai Islands rain forests] Reference
The most important families in these forests, which are typical of other Amazon Basin forests, are Leguminosae, Sapotaceae, Lecythidaceae, Moraceae, Chrysobalanaceae, Lauraceae, and Myristicaceae. From Wordnik.com. [Juruá-Purus moist forests] Reference
The most important families in the dense forests, which are typical of other Amazon Basin forests, are Leguminosae, Sapotaceae, Lecythidaceae, Moraceae, Chrysobalanaceae, Lauraceae, and Myristicaceae. From Wordnik.com. [Purus-Madeira moist forests] Reference
The Natural Reserve of Kaw in French Guiana has few spider monkeys left, and Virola kwatae (Myristicaceae) trees are mostly dispersed by toucans now. From Wordnik.com. [Mongabay.com News] Reference
Formerly cultivated plots in the Central Catchment Reserve are also "dominated by small-fruited, small-seeded species dispersed by small passerine birds and fruit bats - on these sites none of the big fruits have come in." the Smithsonian's study plot in Bukit Timah, trees in the nutmeg family (Myristicaceae) "show evidence of lacking a dispersal agent," as hornbills vanished from the site more than a century ago. From Wordnik.com. [The annotated budak] Reference
Hexalobus crispiflorus) Guttiferae (Symphonia globulifera, Pentadesma buteraceae), Rubiaceae (Hallea ledermannii, Rothmannia spp.), Myristicaceae (Coelocaryon preussii, Pycnanthus marchalianus), and Ctenolophonaceae (Ctenolophon englerianus). From Wordnik.com. [Niger Delta swamp forests] Reference
(Myristicaceae). From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
Fagaceae, Moraceae, Lauraceae, Myristicaceae, Annonaceae. From Wordnik.com. [The annotated budak] Reference
Important families also included are Meliaceae, Arecaceae, Moraceae, Leguminosae, Myristicaceae, and Rubiaceae. From Wordnik.com. [Napo moist forests] Reference
Stereospermum spp., and species of Meliaceae, Anacardiaceae, Myristicaceae, Lauraceae, and Magnoliaceae, with several bamboos such as Bambusa arundinaria, Dendrocalamus hamilitonii, and Melocanna bambusoides. From Wordnik.com. [Brahmaputra Valley semi-evergreen forests] Reference
Twelve of the world’s 19 primitive angiosperm families are represented in the region, including Annonaceae, Austrobaileyaceae, Eupomatiaceae, Himantandraceae, Myristicaceae, and Winteraceae from the order Magnoliales and Atherospermataceae, Gyrocarpaceae, Hernandiaceae, Idiospermaceae, Lauraceae, and Monimiaceae of the Laurales. From Wordnik.com. [Queensland tropical rain forests] Reference
The common lowland families, such as Dipterocarpaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Leuminosae, Myristicaceae, and Sapotaceae, begin to diminish, and they begin to be replaced by a great diversity of species from plant families such as Ericaceae, Myrtaceae, Fagaceae, Lauraceae, Magnoliaceae, and the majority of Bornean gymnosperms, including Podocarpus, Agathis, and Phyllocladus. From Wordnik.com. [Kinabalu montane alpine meadows] Reference
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