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Cornaceae
Sign in to saveThe Cornaceae, the dogwood family, are a cosmopolitan family of flowering plants in the order Cornales. The family contains approximately 85 species in two genera, Alangium and Cornus. They are mostly trees and shrubs, which may be deciduous or evergreen, although a few species are perennial herbs. Members of the family usually have opposite or alternate simple leaves, four- or five-parted flowers clustered in inflorescences or pseudanthia, and drupaceous fruits. The family is primarily distributed in northern temperate regions and tropical Asia. In northern temperate areas, Cornaceae are well
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Cornaceae is a family of plants within the order Cornales. It belongs to the class Magnoliopsida, phylum Tracheophyta, and kingdom Plantae. The taxonomic type for this family is Cornus, and its fruit is blue. Synonyms for the family include Nyssaceae and Alangiaceae.
Records of Cornaceae are held by institutions such as UCMP, YPM, CAS, MEL, and IBUNAM. These records originate from countries including the United States, Mexico, China, Vietnam, and Sri Lanka. The family has been the subject of 789 PubMed entries and has 1,486,499 occurrence records.
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Species
Cornaceae
FAMILY
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderCornales
- FamilyCornaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 297
- With media
- 188
- Family
- Cornaceae
- Collections
- UCMP, YPM, CAS, MEL, IBUNAM, UOMNH
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico, China, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Philippines
Research
789 papers- Karyotype evolution of the Asterids insights from the first genome sequences of the family Cornaceae.DNA research : an international journal for rapid publication of reports on genes and genomes · 2023Dong C, Wang S, Zhang H et al.DOI: 10.1093/dnares/dsac051
- Network pharmacology analysis uncovers the mechanism of Shudihuang-Shanzhuyu herb pair in prevention and treatment of diabetic osteoporosis via PI3K/AKT pathway.Journal of ethnopharmacology · 2025Hu SJ, Chen GC, Wang FY et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2025.119581
- Integration of Control Strategies to Optimize Management of Ambrosia Beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae) and Phytophthora Root Rot (Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae) in Flowering Dogwoods (Cornalaes: Cornaceae) After Simulated Flooding.Journal of economic entomology · 2022Neupane K, Ojha VK, Oliver JB et al.DOI: 10.1093/jee/toac093
- Cornus officinalis loganin attenuates acute lung injury in mice via regulating the PI3K/AKT/NLRP3 axis.Journal of ethnopharmacology · 2025Liu Y, Wang C, Hui T et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2025.120104
- An updated phylogeny, biogeography, and PhyloCode-based classification of Cornaceae based on three sets of genomic data.American journal of botany · 2023Du ZY, Jenny Xiang QY, Cheng J et al.DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.16116
- A new secoiridoid glycoside from the fruits of Cornus officinalis (Cornaceae).Natural product research · 2016Park JY, Han AR, Kil YS et al.DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2015.1115996
- Morroniside delays the progression of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis by promoting AMPK-mediated lipophagy.Phytomedicine : international journal of phytotherapy and phytopharmacology · 2024Zhang C, Tong Q, Liu K et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2024.155703
- Four new phenolic compounds from the fruit of Cornus officinalis (Cornaceae) and their anti-inflammatory activity in RAW 264.7 cells.Natural product research · 2022Thu NT, The Hung N, Thuy An NT et al.DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2021.1887865
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The Cornaceae, the dogwood family, are a cosmopolitan family of flowering plants in the order Cornales. The family contains approximately 85 species in two genera, Alangium and Cornus. They are mostly trees and shrubs, which may be deciduous or evergreen, although a few species are perennial herbs. Members of the family usually have opposite or alternate simple leaves, four- or five-parted flowers clustered in inflorescences or pseudanthia, and drupaceous fruits. The family is primarily distributed in northern temperate regions and tropical Asia. In northern temperate areas, Cornaceae are well known from the dogwoods Cornus.
The systematics of Cornaceae has been remarkably unsettled and controversial, and many genera have been added to it and removed from it over time. (One researcher called it a "dustbin".) Molecular phylogenetics have clarified the relatedness of some associated genera, and at least nine genera that were previously included in Cornaceae have been eliminated from the order Cornales entirely, but the circumscription of Cornaceae is still unclear. The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group usually defines Cornaceae as comprising the genera Cornus and Alangium as well as five genera now separated into the family Nyssaceae. However, many of these genera are sometimes split off into their own families (e.g. Alangiaceae), and the usage remains inconsistent.
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