styracaceous

(ˌstaɪrəˈkeɪʃəs)

adj

(Plants) of, relating to, or belonging to the Styracaceae, a family of Asian and American trees and shrubs having leathery leaves: includes storax and silver bell

[C19: styrac-, from styrax]

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Paleodavidia multipterium Miki (1956) from Japan also found a place in Styracaceae (see Miki's second thoughts in Eyde & Barghoorn, 1963); eventually Miki (1968) reassigned it to the styracaceous genus Melliodendron.

Fossil record and ecology of Nyssa (Cornaceae)

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