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Hamamelidaceae
Sign in to saveHamamelidaceae, commonly referred to as the witch-hazel family, is a family of flowering plants in the order Saxifragales. The clade consists of shrubs and small trees positioned within the woody clade of the core Saxifragales. An earlier system, the Cronquist system, recognized Hamamelidaceae in the Hamamelidales order.
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Hamamelidaceae is a family of plants within the kingdom Plantae. It is classified under the phylum Tracheophyta, class Magnoliopsida, and order Saxifragales. The taxon is recognized at the family rank in botanical classifications.
Records associated with this family are held by several institutions, including FMNH, UCMP, SDNHM, MEL, and CAS. These records originate from the United States, China, South Africa, Madagascar, and India. The family has been the subject of 303 publications indexed in PubMed. Additionally, 91,175 occurrences have been documented, and 284 records with 141 media items are available through iDigBio.
Synthesized by Vinony from 22 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, PubMed, Gbif Occ, Plants of the World, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderSaxifragales
- FamilyHamamelidaceae
General: Hamamelidaceae contains 26 genera (8 being monotypic Appearance: (Hamamelidaceae p.p.) represented in the Neotropics
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 284
- With media
- 141
- Family
- Hamamelidaceae
- Collections
- FMNH, UCMP, SDNHM, MEL, CAS, CM
- Recorded in
- United States, China, South Africa, Madagascar, India, Kenya, Japan, Vietnam
Research
303 papers- Chloroplast Genome Evolution of Hamamelidaceae at Subfamily Level.Ecology and evolution · 2025
- Description of a new species of Hamamelistes forming galls on Fothergilla spp. (Hamamelidaceae) and the generic limits of Hormaphidini (Sternorrhyncha: Aphididae: Hormaphidinae).Zootaxa · 2022
- Taxonomy and Phylogeny of Rust Fungi on Hamamelidaceae.Frontiers in microbiology · 2021
- Chloroplast genome characteristics of Corylopsis microcarpa H.T. Chang (Hamamelidaceae).Mitochondrial DNA. Part B, Resources · 2022
- First Record of Comparative Plastid Genome Analysis and Phylogenetic Relationships among Corylopsis Siebold & Zucc. (Hamamelidaceae).Genes · 2024
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Image
- Fothergilla major (Witch alder).JPG
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- Commons category
- Hamamelidaceae
- taxon rank
- family
- taxon name
- Hamamelidaceae
- topic's main category
- Category:Hamamelidaceae
- taxon common name
- nepozebnikovke
- taxonomic type
- Hamamelis
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- Description
- Anthers
- Pollen
- Flowers
- Breeding systems
- Taxonomy
- Subdivision
- Subfamilies
- Tribes
- Genera
- Distribution and habitat
- References
- Bibliography
- Books and theses
- Articles
- Websites
Hamamelidaceae, commonly referred to as the witch-hazel family, is a family of flowering plants in the order Saxifragales. The clade consists of shrubs and small trees positioned within the woody clade of the core Saxifragales. An earlier system, the Cronquist system, recognized Hamamelidaceae in the Hamamelidales order.
== Description ==
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