Family · Asterids

Garryaceae

Silk tassel

Evergreen dioecious shrubs, including tassel-flowered Garrya and spotted-leaved Aucuba.

Accepted species

27accepted names · Kew WCVP

Genera

2accepted genera · Kew WCVP

Origin

≈29 MaPaleogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree

Centre of diversity

Northern Americamost native species · WGSRPD

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Plants you might know

• Garrya
• Aucuba

Genera

• Garrya17 spp.
• Aucuba10 spp.

Where it grows

• Northern America15
• Asia-Temperate10
• Southern America3
• Asia-Tropical2

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

Related families

Garryaceae sits in the order Garryales.

• EucommiaceaeHardy rubber tree1