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Distylium (winter-hazel) is a genus of 16 species of evergreen shrubs and trees in the witch hazel family, Hamamelidaceae, native to eastern and southeastern Asia.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderSaxifragales
  5. FamilyHamamelidaceae
Native toAssam, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto
Observations recorded4,539

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
73
With media
62
Family
Hamamelidaceae
Collections
UCMP, CHSC, NHA, RSA, MICH, MEL
Recorded in
United States, Malaysia, Japan, India, China, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Hamamelidaceae
Image
Distylium racemosum3.jpg
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taxon name
Distylium
taxon rank
genus
Commons category
Distylium
topic's main category
Category:Distylium
taxon common name
蚊母树属
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Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • Taxonomy
  • Fossil record
  • Species
  • References
  • External links

Distylium (winter-hazel) is a genus of 16 species of evergreen shrubs and trees in the witch hazel family, Hamamelidaceae, native to eastern and southeastern Asia.

==Taxonomy==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Distylium” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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