{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Triplaris.jpg |image_caption = ''Triplaris brasiliensis'' flowers - Sao Paulo Brasil |taxon = Triplaris |authority = Loefl. ex L. |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = See text |synonyms = *''Blochmannia'' {{small|Rchb.}} *''Vellasquezia'' {{small|Bertol.}} |synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo>{{cite web |title=''Triplaris'' Loefl. |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30009964-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=25 October 2025}}</ref> }}
'''''Triplaris''''' is a genus of plants in the family Polygonaceae. '''Ant tree''' is a common name for plants in this genus.<ref>{{PLANTS|id=TRIPL5|taxon=Triplaris|access-date=15 December 2015}}</ref>
The species native to the Americas, ranging from southeastern Mexico through Central America and tropical South America to Bolivia, Paraguay, and southern Brazil.<ref name = powo/> Some species are used for lumber. They are dioecious pioneer species.<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1111/plb.12554|title=Reproductive biology and pollination ecology of ''Triplaris gardneriana'' (Polygonaceae): A case of ambophily in the Brazilian Chaco|year=2017|last1=Custodio|first1=T.|last2=Comtois|first2=P.|last3=Araujo|first3=A. C.|journal=Plant Biology|volume=19|issue=4|pages=504–514|pmid=28145619|bibcode=2017PlBio..19..504C }}</ref>
==Species== 19 species are accepted.<ref name = powo/> *''Triplaris americana'' {{small|L.}} *''Triplaris caracasana'' {{small|Cham.}} *''Triplaris cumingiana'' {{small|Fisch. & C.A.Mey.}} *''Triplaris dugandii'' {{small|Brandbyge}} *''Triplaris efistulifera'' {{small|Britton ex Rusby}} *''Triplaris fulva'' {{small|Huber}} *''Triplaris gardneriana'' {{small|Wedd.}} *''Triplaris longifolia'' {{small|Huber}} *''Triplaris mato-grossensis'' {{small|Brandbyge}} *''Triplaris melaenodendron'' {{small|(Bertol.) Standl. & Steyerm.}} *''Triplaris moyobambensis'' {{small|Brandbyge}} *''Triplaris peruviana'' {{small|Fisch. & Meyer ex C.A. Meyer}} *''Triplaris physocalyx'' {{small|Brandbyge}} *''Triplaris poeppigiana'' {{small|Wedd.}} *''Triplaris punctata'' {{small|Standl.}} *''Triplaris purdiei'' {{small|Meisn.}} *''Triplaris setosa'' {{small|Rusby}} *''Triplaris vestita'' {{small|Rusby}} *''Triplaris weigeltiana'' {{small|(Rchb.) Kuntze}}
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Category:Polygonaceae genera Category:Dioecious plants Category:Flora of the Neotropical realm Category:Plants described in 1758
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