Family · Magnoliids & basal

Calycanthaceae

Sweetshrubs, spicebush

Aromatic shrubs with fragrant, spirally arranged flower parts; includes sweetshrub and winter-blooming wintersweet.

Accepted species

11accepted names · Kew WCVP

Genera

3accepted genera · Kew WCVP

Origin

≈52 MaPaleogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree

Centre of diversity

Asia-Temperatemost native species · WGSRPD

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Plants you might know

• Calycanthus (sweetshrub)
• Chimonanthus (wintersweet)

Genera

• Chimonanthus6 spp.
• Calycanthus4 spp.
• Idiospermum1 spp.

Where it grows

• Asia-Temperate7
• Northern America3
• Australasia1

Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.

Related families

Calycanthaceae sits in the order Laurales.

• LauraceaeLaurel, avocado, cinnamon, bay3,422
• Monimiaceae279
• Hernandiaceae70
• Siparunaceae54
• Atherospermataceaesouthern sassafras17
• Gomortegaceaekeule1