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Calycanthaceae
Sign in to saveThe Calycanthaceae (sweetshrubs or spicebushes) are a small family of flowering plants in the order Laurales. The family contains three genera and only 10 known species , restricted to warm temperate and tropical regions:
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Calycanthaceae is a family of plants within the order Laurales. It belongs to the kingdom Plantae, phylum Tracheophyta, and class Magnoliopsida. The taxonomic type for this family is Calycanthus. Common names for the group include 받침꽃과 and 蜡梅科.
Records of Calycanthaceae have been documented in the United States and China. Occurrence data indicates 20,107 records, while a specific dataset lists five records associated with institutions CLEMS, MO, ILLS, and WCW. The family is referenced by 450 other encyclopedia articles.
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FAMILY
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderLaurales
- FamilyCalycanthaceae
蜡梅科(Calycanthaceae)是樟目中的一个小科，只有4属共11种，生长在热带和暖温带地区。 美洲夏蜡梅属 Calycanthus （共2-4种，生长在北美洲南部） 蠟梅屬 Chimonanthus （3-6种，生长在东亚） 奇子树属 Idiospermum （只有一种，生长在澳大利亚的昆士兰州） 夏蠟梅屬 Sinocalycanthus （只有一种，生长在东亚） 本科植物皆为灌木，高约2-4米，只有奇子树为高大乔木，花为红色或白色，花瓣螺旋状排列。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 5
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Calycanthaceae
- Collections
- CLEMS, MO, ILLS, WCW
- Recorded in
- United States, China
Research
125 papers- Studies on the alkaloids of the calycanthaceae and their syntheses.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2015
- [Research advances on chemical constituents from Calycanthaceae plants and their pharmacological activities].Zhongguo Zhong yao za zhi = Zhongguo zhongyao zazhi = China journal of Chinese materia medica · 2018
- Complete chloroplast genome sequence of Chimonanthus praecox link (Calycanthaceae): an endemic plant species in China.Mitochondrial DNA. Part B, Resources · 2020
- Comparative Chloroplast Genome Analyses of the Winter-Blooming Eastern Asian Endemic Genus Chimonanthus (Calycanthaceae) With Implications For Its Phylogeny and Diversification.Frontiers in genetics · 2021
- Evolutionary directions of single nucleotide substitutions and structural mutations in the chloroplast genomes of the family Calycanthaceae.BMC evolutionary biology · 2020
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The Calycanthaceae (sweetshrubs or spicebushes) are a small family of flowering plants in the order Laurales. The family contains three genera and only 10 known species , restricted to warm temperate and tropical regions:
They are aromatic, deciduous shrubs growing to 2–4 m tall, except for Idiospermum, which is a large evergreen tree. The flowers are white to red, with spirally arranged tepals. DNA-based phylogenies indicate the Northern Hemisphere Calycanthus and Chimonanthus diverged from each other in the mid-Miocene, while the Australian Idiospermum had already diverged by the Upper Cretaceous and likely represents a remnant of a former Gondwanan distribution of Calycanthaceae.
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