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Encyclopedia > Garryaceae
Garryaceae

Garrya elliptica foliage and catkins
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Garryales
Family: Garryaceae
Genera

Garrya
Aucuba Image File history File links Garrya elliptica foliage and catkins - photo MPF File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Divisions Green algae land plants (embryophytes) non-vascular embryophytes Hepatophyta - liverworts Anthocerophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses vascular plants (tracheophytes) seedless vascular plants Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongue ferns seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also angiosperms or Magnoliophyta) are one of the major groups of modern plants, comprising those that produce seeds in specialized reproductive organs called flowers, where the ovulary or carpel is enclosed. ... Orders see text Dicotyledons or dicots are flowering plants whose seed contains two embryonic leaves or cotyledons. ... Families Garryaceae Eucommiaceae The Garryales are a small order of dicotyledons, including only two families and three genera: Family Garryaceae Garrya Aucuba Family Eucommiaceae Eucommia These belong among the asterids. ...

Garryaceae is a small family of dicotyledons, including only two genera: Scientific classification or biological classification refers to how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Orders see text Dicotyledons or dicots are flowering plants whose seed contains two embryonic leaves or cotyledons. ...

  • Garrya. About 16-18 species.
  • Aucuba. Three species.
Aucuba japonica
Aucuba japonica

The family is found in warm temperate and subtropical regions, Garrya in North America, and Aucuba in eastern Asia. They are evergreen shrubs or small trees with opposite, simple leaves. Image File history File links Name Aucuba japonica Family Cornaceae Image no. ... Image File history File links Name Aucuba japonica Family Cornaceae Image no. ... World map showing location of North America A satellite composite image of North America North America is a continent in the northern hemisphere, bounded on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Caribbean Sea, and on the west... [[Im? Henry Jan age:LocationAsia. ... A Silver Fir shoot showing three successive years of retained leaves In botany, an evergreen plant is a plant which retains its leaves year-round, with each leaf persisting for more than 12 months. ... A willow shrub A shrub or bush is a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 6 m tall. ... The coniferous Coast Redwood, the tallest tree species on earth A tree can be defined as a large, perennial, woody plant. ... In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant organ specialized for photosynthesis. ...

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PBIO 450 Lecture Notes - Rosidae -- Spring 1998 (533 words)
The disposition of the Garryaceae was not clear until relatively recently.
Hutchinson was one of the first to associate Garryaceae with the Cornales, and there it largely remained until excluded once again by Takhtajan in 1997.
The Garyales ("euasterids I") consists of Aucubaceae, Eucommiaceae, Garryaceae and Oncothecaceae.
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