Cornaceae Bercht. & J.Presl

First published in Prir. Rostlin 2(23*): 91, 92. 1825 (1825)nom. cons.
This family is accepted

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

  • Alangiaceae DC. in Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 3: 203. 1828 [Mar 1828] (1828)nom. cons.

Accepted Genera

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • APG IV (2016) http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/boj.12385

Neotropikey

  • APG III. (2009). An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. Vol 161: 3. Pp. 105-121.
  • Kubitzki, K. (2004). Cornaceae.  In: Kubitzki, K. (ed.), The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, vol. VI, pp. 82-90. Springer Verlag, Berlin.
  • Lentz, D. L. (2004). Cornaceae. In: Smith, N., Mori, S. A., Henderson, A., Stevenson, D. W. and Heald, S. V. (eds). Flowering Plants of the Neotropics. Pp. 117-8. The New York Botanical Garden, Princeton University Press, Princeton.
  • Smith, N. (2004). Nyssaceae: In: Smith, N., Mori, S. A., Henderson, A., Stevenson, D. W. and Heald, S. V. (eds). Flowering Plants of the Neotropics. Pp. 273-274. The New York Botanical Garden, Princeton University Press, Princeton.
  • Stevens, P. F. (2008). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 9 onwards. http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/APweb/.
  • Watson, L. and Dallwitz, M.J. (1992) onwards). The Families of Flowering Plants: Descriptions, Illustrations, Identification, and Information Retrieval. Version 3rd March (2009). www.delta-intkey.com.

Trees of New Guinea

  • Feng, C.-M., Machester, S.R. & Xiang, Q.-Y. (2009). Phylogeny and biogeography of Alangiaceae (Cornales) inferred from DNA sequences, morphology and fossils. Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 51: 201–214.
  • Kubitzki, K. (2004). Cornaceae. In: K. Kubitzki (ed.), The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 6: 82–90. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
  • Laura V.S. Jennings (2022). Trees of New Guinea. Timothy M. A. Utteridge and Laura V. S. Jennings (Eds) Kew Publishing. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • Matthew, K.M. (1976). A revision of the genus Mastixia. Blumea 23: 51–93.
  • Xiang, Q.-Y., Thomas, D.T. & Xiang, Q.P. (2011). Resolving and dating the phylogeny of Cornales – Effects of taxon sampling, data partitions and fossil calibrations. Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 59: 123–138.

The Kew Temperate Plant Families Identification Handbook

  • Murrell, Z. E. & Poindexter, D. B. (2016). Cornaceae. In: Flora of North America Editorial Committee (eds), Flora of North America 12: 443–458. Oxford University Press, New York & Oxford.
  • Plants of the World Online (POWO) (2019 onwards). http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Qiuyan, X. & Boufford, D. E. (2005). Cornaceae. In: Z. Y. Wu, P. H. Raven & D. Y. Hong (eds), Flora of China 14: 206–221. Science Press, Beijing; Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Neotropikey

    • Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • The Kew Temperate Plant Families Identification Handbook

    • The Kew Temperate Plant Families Identification Handbook
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0