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spicebush family
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spicebush family

Calycanthaceae

The Calycanthaceae (sweetshrubs or spicebushes) are a small family of flowering plants in the order Laurales. The family contains three genera and only 10 known species , restricted to warm temperate and tropical regions:

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3 branches of this family, most-observed first

sweetshrub

genusCalycanthus

winter sweets

genusChimonanthus

Idiospermum

genusIdiospermum

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