Nyssaceae is a family of flowering trees sometimes included in the dogwood family (Cornaceae).[1] Nyssaceae is composed of 37 known species in the following five genera:[2][3][4]
Camptotheca, the happy trees: two species in China
Davidia, the dove tree, handkerchief tree, or ghost tree: one species in central China
Diplopanax: two species in southern China and Vietnam
Mastixia: about nineteen species in Southeast Asia
Nyssa, the tupelos: about 7–10 species in eastern North America and East to Southeast Asia
Among the extinct genera of the family are Mastixicarpum, very similar to Diplopanax, and Tsukada, an extinct relative of Davidia.
In some treatments, Davidia is split off into its own family, the Davidiaceae. Diplopanax and Mastixia are also sometimes separated into the family Mastixiaceae.[4] The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group APG III system included the genera of Nyssaceae within Cornaceae.[1] The APG IV system recognizes Nyssaceae as a distinct family[5]
^ abAngiosperm Phylogeny Group III (2009). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 161 (2): 105–121. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x. hdl:10654/18083.
^Christenhusz, M. J. M.; Byng, J. W. (2016). "The number of known plants species in the world and its annual increase" (PDF). Phytotaxa. 261 (3): 201–217. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.261.3.1.
^Averyanov, L. V. & Hiep, N. T. (2002). Diplopanax vietnamensis, a New Species of Nyssaceae from Vietnam – One More Living Representative of the Tertiary Flora of Eurasia. Novon12: 433–436. Available online (pdf)
^ abFan, C. Z., and Xiang, Q. Y. (2003). Phylogenetic analyses of Cornales based on 26S rRNA and combined 26S rDNA-matK-rbcL sequence data. American Journal of Botany90, 1357–1372.
^Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG IV". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 181 (1): 1–20. doi:10.1111/boj.12385. ISSN 0024-4074.
Nyssaceae is a family of flowering trees sometimes included in the dogwood family (Cornaceae). Nyssaceae is composed of 37 known species in the following...
handkerchief tree, or ghost tree, is a medium-sized deciduous tree in the family Nyssaceae. It is the only living species in the genus Davidia. It was previously...
(the hydrangea family) Hydrostachyaceae Loasaceae (the stickleaf family) Nyssaceae, (the tupelos) The oldest fossils assigned with confidence to the order...
in subgenus Lophozonia - a three‐flowered dichasium without branches. Nyssaceae — in Davidia Poaceae Pontederiaceae — in Hydrothrix Proteaceae Rubiaceae...
southern China and Tibet. The genus is usually included in the tupelo family Nyssaceae, but sometimes included (with the tupelos) in the dogwood family Cornaceae...
Cornus and Alangium as well as five genera now separated into the family Nyssaceae. However, many of these genera are sometimes split off into their own...
Mastixia cuspidata is a tree in the family Nyssaceae. The specific epithet cuspidata is from the Latin meaning "sharp-pointed", referring to the leaf...
(Chinese tupelo) is a species of flowering plant in the family Cornaceae (or Nyssaceae), native to China and Vietnam. Growing to 10 m (33 ft) tall and wide,...
Nyssa javanica is a species of flowering plant in the tupelo family Nyssaceae. It is native to the eastern Himalayas, southern China, Southeast Asia,...
Mastixia macrocarpa is a tree in the family Nyssaceae. The specific epithet macrocarpa is from the Greek meaning "large fruit". Mastixia macrocarpa grows...
Mastixia glauca is a tree in the family Nyssaceae. The specific epithet glauca is from the Greek meaning "bluish-grey", referring to the colour of the...
Mastixia trichotoma is a tree in the family Nyssaceae. The specific epithet trichotoma is from the Greek meaning "three parts", referring to the three-branched...
Mastixia eugenioides is a tree in the family Nyssaceae. The specific epithet eugenioides is from the Latin and refers to the resemblance of the leaves...
Global Information
