Garryaceae

Garryaceae
Garrya elliptica foliage and catkins
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Garryales
Family: Garryaceae
Lindl.[1]
Genera

Garryaceae is a small family of plants known commonly as the silktassels.[2] It contains two genera:[2]

Aucuba was included in the family Cornaceae or Aucubaceae in some classification systems.[2]

Together with Eucommia ulmoides the Garryaceae are currently placed by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group in an own order, the Garryales.

  1. ^ Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 161 (2): 105–121. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x. hdl:10654/18083.
  2. ^ a b c Garryaceae. Flora of North America, efloras.org.