witch-hazel family
Hamamelidaceae
Hamamelidaceae, commonly referred to as the witch-hazel family, is a family of flowering plants in the order Saxifragales. The clade consists of shrubs and small trees positioned within the woody clade of the core Saxifragales. The earlier Cronquist system recognized Hamamelidaceae in the Hamamelidales order.
27 branches of this family, most-observed first
witch-hazels
genusHamamelis
Loropetalum
genusLoropetalum
witch-alders
genusFothergilla
Parrotia
genusParrotia
winterhazels
genusCorylopsis
Trichocladus
genusTrichocladus
Distylium
genusDistylium
Rhodoleia
genusRhodoleia
Eustigma
genusEustigma
Sycopsis
genusSycopsis
Exbucklandia
genusExbucklandia
Fortunearia
genusFortunearia
Mytilaria
genusMytilaria
Distyliopsis
genusDistyliopsis
Dicoryphe
genusDicoryphe
Sinowilsonia
genusSinowilsonia
Disanthus
genusDisanthus
Parrotiopsis
genusParrotiopsis
Maingaya
genusMaingaya
Matudaea
genusMatudaea
Noahdendron
genusNoahdendron
Molinadendron
genusMolinadendron
Neostrearia
genusNeostrearia
× Sycoparrotia
genushybrid× Sycoparrotia
Ostrearia
genusOstrearia
Chunia
genusChunia
Embolanthera
genusEmbolanthera
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 49660.