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Calycanthaceae
Sign in to saveThe Calycanthaceae (sweetshrubs or spicebushes) are a small family of flowering plants in the order Laurales. The family contains three genera and only 10 known species , restricted to warm temperate and tropical regions:
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FAMILY
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderLaurales
- FamilyCalycanthaceae
蜡梅科(Calycanthaceae)是樟目中的一个小科，只有4属共11种，生长在热带和暖温带地区。 美洲夏蜡梅属 Calycanthus （共2-4种，生长在北美洲南部） 蠟梅屬 Chimonanthus （3-6种，生长在东亚） 奇子树属 Idiospermum （只有一种，生长在澳大利亚的昆士兰州） 夏蠟梅屬 Sinocalycanthus （只有一种，生长在东亚） 本科植物皆为灌木，高约2-4米，只有奇子树为高大乔木，花为红色或白色，花瓣螺旋状排列。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 5
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Calycanthaceae
- Collections
- CLEMS, MO, ILLS, WCW
- Recorded in
- United States, China
Research
125 papers- Studies on the alkaloids of the calycanthaceae and their syntheses.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2015
- [Research advances on chemical constituents from Calycanthaceae plants and their pharmacological activities].Zhongguo Zhong yao za zhi = Zhongguo zhongyao zazhi = China journal of Chinese materia medica · 2018
- Complete chloroplast genome sequence of Chimonanthus praecox link (Calycanthaceae): an endemic plant species in China.Mitochondrial DNA. Part B, Resources · 2020
- Comparative Chloroplast Genome Analyses of the Winter-Blooming Eastern Asian Endemic Genus Chimonanthus (Calycanthaceae) With Implications For Its Phylogeny and Diversification.Frontiers in genetics · 2021
- Evolutionary directions of single nucleotide substitutions and structural mutations in the chloroplast genomes of the family Calycanthaceae.BMC evolutionary biology · 2020
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The Calycanthaceae (sweetshrubs or spicebushes) are a small family of flowering plants in the order Laurales. The family contains three genera and only 10 known species , restricted to warm temperate and tropical regions:
They are aromatic, deciduous shrubs growing to 2–4 m tall, except for Idiospermum, which is a large evergreen tree. The flowers are white to red, with spirally arranged tepals. DNA-based phylogenies indicate the Northern Hemisphere Calycanthus and Chimonanthus diverged from each other in the mid-Miocene, while the Australian Idiospermum had already diverged by the Upper Cretaceous and likely represents a remnant of a former Gondwanan distribution of Calycanthaceae.
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