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Canellaceae

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n.1.a natural family having one genus: aromatic tropical trees of East Africa and Florida to West Indies.
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Noun1.Canellaceae - one genus: aromatic tropical trees of eastern Africa and Florida to West Indies
canella family, family Canellaceae
dilleniid dicot family - family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs
Hypericales, order Hypericales, order Parietales, Parietales - a large order of dicotyledonous plants of subclass Dilleniidae
genus Canella - one species
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The fourth review paper by Salazar-Lorenzo & Nixon provides a review and new data on the Canellaceae with an emphasis on the impact that combination of molecular and morphological data is having in the taxonomy of the Caribbean species, including the future description of a new endemic genus.
Plant evolution and biodiversity in the Caribbean ... by Santiago-Valentin; Eugenio; Francisco-Ortega, Javier / The Botanical Review
Taxonomic History The Canellaceae are a small tropical plant family of aromatic trees, rarely treelets and shrubs, with a disjunct occurrence between tropical and subtropical America (the Caribbean Region, Costa Rica and South America) and Africa (Madagascar and Eastern Africa).
New discoveries in the canellaceae in the antilles: how phylogeny can ... by Salazar, Jackeline; Nixon, Kevin / The Botanical Review
The Canellaceae are anomalous within the Magnoliales in that they have unilateral paratracheal parenchyma, they lack apotracheal parenchyma, their vessel-ray parenchyma pits are half-bordered and similar to intervessel pits, and they commonly have crystals in procumbent and upright ray cells, a feature not seen in any other family of the Magnoliales.
Angiosperm Wood Evolution and the Potential Contribution of ... by Herendeen, Patrick S.; Wheeler, Elisabeth A.; Baas, Pieter / The Botanical Review
 
 
 
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