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Corylopsis
Corylopsis is a genus of 25 species of shrubs in the witch hazel family, Hamamelidaceae, native to eastern Asia with the majority of species endemic to China but with some also in Japan, Korea, and the Himalayas. This genus is also known from the extinct species Corylopsis reedae described from Eocene leaf fossils found in Washington State, USA.
Fothergilla
Fothergilla (witch alder) is a genus of two to four species of flowering plants in the family Hamamelidaceae, native to woodland and swamps of the southeastern United States.
Loropetalum
220px|thumb|upright|Loropetalum (may be a 'Crimson Fire' Loropetalum)
Sinowilsonia henryi
Sinowilsonia is a monotypic genus of plant containing the single species Sinowilsonia henryi. It is endemic to central and southern China. It is threatened by habitat loss. It is available from specialized commercial nurseries.
Rhodoleia
Rhodoleia is a genus of plants in the family Hamamelidaceae. It includes six species which range from southern China to northern Indochina, Peninsular Malaysia, and Sumatra. Together with its sister genus Exbucklandia, Rhodoleia forms the sister clade to the other 25 genera of Hamamelidaceae. Flowers of Rhodoleia are bird-pollinated. Nectar-foraging birds including Japanese white-eyes (Zosterops japonicus, Zosteropidae) and fork-tailed sunbirds (Aethopyga christinae, Nectariniidae), avidly visit the flowers, which they also pollinate in the process.
Distylium
Distylium (winter-hazel) is a genus of 16 species of evergreen shrubs and trees in the witch hazel family, Hamamelidaceae, native to eastern and southeastern Asia.
Sycopsis
Sycopsis is a genus of plants in the family Hamamelidaceae. It includes three species native to central and southern China, Assam, and Taiwan.
Parrotia
Parrotia is a genus of flowering plants in the witch hazel family, Hamamelidaceae. It includes two species native to Asia. Parrotia persica – Iran and Transcaucasus Parrotia subaequalis – southeastern China
Molinadendron
Molinadendron is a genus of the Hamamelidaceae family, order Saxifragales, containing three reported species: Molinadendron guatemalense, Molinadendron hondurense, and Molinadendron sinaloense. Relatives include witch-hazel and winter-hazel.
Exbucklandia
Exbucklandia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Hamamelidaceae. They are medium to large trees whose natural range is from eastern India through southern China and southward through the Malay Peninsula. In India and China, they are widely cultivated for their impressive foliage and valuable lumber. A few have been grown in the southernmost parts of the United States. To speakers of English, Exbucklandia is generally known as the Pipli tree, from the Bengali name for the species Exbucklandia populnea.
Trichocladus
Trichocladus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Hamamelidaceae, consisting of shrubs or small trees. The distinguishing features of the genus Trichocladus are as follows: Branches and leaves are often covered in dense, velvet-like, stellate hairs. Leaves are simple, alternate or opposite, and paler beneath, with inconspicuous stipules. Flowers are borne in dense, spherical heads, with floral parts in 4s or 5s. Sepals are fused together, forming a tube. Petals are long and narrow. Trichocladus flowers closely resemble those of the genus Hamamelis and are hermaphroditic or sexually sep
Eustigma
Eustigma is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Hamamelidaceae.
Embolanthera
Embolanthera is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Hamamelidaceae.
Dicoryphe
Dicoryphe is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Hamamelidaceae. It includes 13 species native to Madagascar and Mayotte.
Matudaea
Matudaea is a genus of plant in family Hamamelidaceae.
Distyliopsis
Distyliopsis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Hamamelidaceae.
Disanthus
Disanthus is a genus containing two species of flowering plants in the family Hamamelidaceae. The type species, Disanthus cercidifolius, was the only known species until 2017, when a second species, Disanthus ovatifolius was described.
Parrotiopsis
Parrotiopsis is a genus flowering plants in the witch hazel family. It includes a single species, Parrotiopsis jacquemontiana, a deciduous shrub or small tree in the witch hazel family, native to the western Himalayas, particularly Kashmir, Murree, Hazara, the Swat District, and Kurram, from 1200 to 2800 meters elevation. It grows to in height by wide, with hermaphrodite flowers borne in dense tufts of stamens from April to June. Its wood is strong and often used for handles, walking sticks, etc. Twigs are used for baskets and rope.
Chunia
Chunia bucklandioides is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Hamamelidaceae. It is a tree native to Hainan and northern Vietnam. It is the sole species in genus Chunia.
Fortunearia
Fortunearia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Hamamelidaceae. It just contains one species, Fortunearia sinensis Rehder & E.H.Wilson, a shrub or tree native to southern and north-central China.
Mytilaria
Mytilaria is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Hamamelidaceae. It includes a single species, Mytilaria laosensis, a tree native to southern China (southeastern Yunnan, western Guangdong, and western Guangxi), Laos, and Vietnam.
Maingaya
Maingaya is a monotypic genus of plant containing the sole species Maingaya malayana. It is a tree endemic to Peninsular Malaysia. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Noahdendron
Noadendron is a monotypic genus - i.e. a genus containing only one species - of plants in the witch-hazel family Hamamelidaceae. It is the third described of three monotypic Australian genera in this family, the others being Ostrearia and Neostrearia. It is most closely related to these genera, as well as Trichocladus (4 species) from southern Africa and Dicoryphe (13 species) from Madagascar, and together these five genera form a distinct clade within Hamamelidaceae.
Ostrearia
Ostrearia is a monotypic genus - i.e. a genus containing only one species - of plants in the witch-hazel family Hamamelidaceae. It is the first described of three monotypic Australian genera in this family, the others being Neostrearia and Noahdendron. It is most closely related to these genera, as well as Trichocladus (4 species) from southern Africa and Dicoryphe (13 species) from Madagascar, and together these five genera form a distinct clade within Hamamelidaceae.
Neostrearia
Neostrearia is a monotypic genus - i.e. a genus containing only one species - of plants in the witch-hazel family Hamamelidaceae. It is the second described of three monotypic Australian genera in this family, the others being Ostrearia and Noahdendron. It is most closely related to these genera, as well as Trichocladus (4 species) from southern Africa and Dicoryphe (13 species) from Madagascar, and together these five genera form a distinct clade within Hamamelidaceae.