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Garryaceae

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Garryaceae

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Garryaceae is a small family of plants known commonly as the silktassels. It contains two genera:

Species

FAMILY

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderGarryales
  5. FamilyGarryaceae
Observations recorded46,715

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
7
With media
4
Family
Garryaceae
Collections
INECOL, IGL-UNAM, BRIT, LOB, NHMUK
Recorded in
Mexico, Ireland

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Garryales
Image
Garrya elliptica.jpg
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Commons category
Garryaceae
taxon rank
family
taxon name
Garryaceae
topic's main category
Category:Garryaceae
taxon common name
丝缨花科
taxonomic type
Garrya
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Encyclopedic overview

3 sections
Contents
  • Chemical characteristics
  • Distribution
  • References

Garryaceae is a small family of plants known commonly as the silktassels. It contains two genera: Garrya Douglas ex Lindl., 1834. About 16–18 species. Aucuba Thunb., 1783. About 3–10 species.

Aucuba was included in the family Cornaceae or Aucubaceae in some classification systems.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Garryaceae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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