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Garryaceae
Sign in to saveGarryaceae is a small family of plants known commonly as the silktassels. It contains two genera:
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderGarryales
- 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
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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
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- 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.