The Icacinaceae, also called the white pear family, are a family of flowering plants, consisting of trees, shrubs, and lianas, primarily of the tropics.
…so that Icacinaceae now include c. 23 genera and 160 species. One genus, Sleumeria, was described as late as 2005. Icacinaceae belongs to the order Icacinales along with Oncothecaceae. The oldest member of this family is Palaeophytocrene chicoensis from the Campanian of California, known from a fossil fruit…