Family · Rosids
Hamamelidaceae
Witch hazel
Witch-hazel family: shrubs and trees often with strap-shaped petals and star-shaped hairs; several flower in winter.
- Accepted species
- 115accepted names · Kew WCVP
- Genera
- 27accepted genera · Kew WCVP
- Origin
- ≈92 MaCretaceous · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
- Centre of diversity
- Asia-Temperatemost native species · WGSRPD
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Plants you might know
- Hamamelis (witch-hazel)
- Corylopsis
- Fothergilla
- Loropetalum
Genera
Corylopsis25 spp.
Distylium16 spp.
Dicoryphe13 spp.
Distyliopsis6 spp.
Rhodoleia6 spp.
Hamamelis5 spp.
Loropetalum5 spp.
Eustigma4 spp.
Fothergilla4 spp.
Trichocladus4 spp.
Exbucklandia3 spp.
Molinadendron3 spp.
Sycopsis3 spp.
Disanthus2 spp.
Embolanthera2 spp.
Matudaea2 spp.
Parrotia2 spp.
Chunia1 spp.
Fortunearia1 spp.
Maingaya1 spp.
Mytilaria1 spp.
Neostrearia1 spp.
Noahdendron1 spp.
Ostrearia1 spp.
Parrotiopsis1 spp.
Quangnamia1 spp.
Sinowilsonia1 spp.
Where it grows
- Asia-Temperate71
- Asia-Tropical25
- Africa17
- Northern America9
- Southern America4
- Australasia3
Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.
Related families
Hamamelidaceae sits in the order Saxifragales.