Vochysiaceae
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 Vochysia herbacea
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Vochysiaceae is a family of evergreen flowering plants, including trees and shrubs. The family consists of about 200 species in eight genera. Six of the eight genera are native to the Neotropics, including Central America and parts of Mexico, and tropical South America. The monospecific genera Erismadelphus and Korupodendron are native to West Africa.
The family likely originated in South America. Erismadelphus is thought to have diverged from Erisma approximately 30 million years ago, and travelled to Africa as the result of long-distance dispersal.
The genus Euphronia, previously included in Vochysiaceae, is unrelated and now stands alone in the family Euphroniaceae, more closely related to the family Chrysobalanaceae.
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