Cornaceae - Wikipedia
WEBThe Cornaceae are a cosmopolitan family of flowering plants in the order Cornales. The family contains approximately 85 species in two genera, Alangium and Cornus. They are mostly trees and shrubs, which may be deciduous or evergreen, although a few species are perennial herbs.
Family: Cornaceae (dogwood family): Go Botany
WEBFamily: Cornaceae — dogwood family. Dogwoods are trees, shrubs, or, infrequently, herbs. They have simple leaves that are entire and usually arranged opposite each other. The small flowers are grouped together in an inflorescence that in some species is surrounded by 4 large, white, petal-like bracts.
Cornaceae | plant family | Britannica
WEBLoasaceae, mostly tropical American plant family of 14 genera and 265 species of the dogwood order (Cornales), many with painfully stinging hairs but beautiful and often bizarre flowers in red, orange, yellow, or white. The plants …
Cornaceae Family | Botanico Hub
WEBAbout the Cornaceae Family. The Cornaceae family is a diverse group of woody plants that are primarily found in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. They range in size from small shrubs to large trees and are characterized by their attractive foliage, showy flowers, and distinctive fruit.
Cornales | Cornaceae, Hydrangeaceae & Loasaceae | Britannica
WEBCornaceae. Cornales, dogwood order of flowering plants, comprising six families and more than 590 species. Cornales is the basalmost order of the core asterid clade (organisms with a single common ancestor), or sympetalous lineage of flowering plants, in the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group III (APG III) botanical classification system ( see ...
Cornus - Wikipedia
WEBCornus is a genus of about 30–60 species of woody plants in the family Cornaceae, commonly known as dogwoods, which can generally be distinguished by their blossoms, berries, and distinctive bark. Most are deciduous trees or shrubs, but a few species are nearly herbaceous perennial subshrubs, and some species are evergreen.
Cornaceae: Dichotomous Key: Go Botany
WEBCornaceae. See list of 4 genera in this family. The Cornaceae have seen a number of changes, including the inclusion of the Nyssaceae and the dismantling of the long familiar genus Cornus (accepted by some authors). Multiple studies have shown that Cornus can be confidently split into four (or more) groups worldwide that are morphologically and ...
Cornaceae in Flora of North America @ efloras.org
WEBGenus 1, species ca. 60 (20 species in the flora): North America, Mexico, Central America, n, w South America, Eurasia, Africa; predominately northern boreal and temperate regions, also high elevations in subtropical and tropical regions. Delimitation of Cornaceae has varied over the years, with many treatments circumscribing the family broadly ...
Cornaceae — The Plant List
WEBThe Plant List includes 672 scientific plant names of species rank for the family Cornaceae. Of these 115 are accepted species names. The Plant List includes a further 362 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the family Cornaceae.
American Journal of Botany - Botanical Society of America
WEBDec 8, 2022 · Here, we integrate three sets of genome-wide data to resolve phylogenetic relationships in Cornaceae (containing only Cornus s.l.), reconstruct the biogeographic history of the clade, and provide a revised classification using the PhyloCode to stabilize names for this taxonomically controversial group.
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