Scientific name Garryaceae Rank Family | Higher classification Cornales | |
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Garryaceae is a small family of dicotyledons, including only two genera:
Contents
Aucuba was included in the family Cornaceae in some classification systems.
Chemical characteristics
Petroselinic acid occurs as the major fatty acid in Aucuba and Garrya species, and is also found in the families Griseliniaceae, Apiaceae and Araliaceae of the Apiales . Together with Eucommia ulmoides the Garryaceae are currently placed by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group in an own order, the Garryales.
Distribution
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.
References
Garryaceae Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA