Cornaceae
Cornaceae Bercht. & J.Presl, Prir. Rostlin 2(23): 91, 92. 1825. nom. cons. 'Dogwood Family'
Characteristic Features:
Trees, shrubs or rhizomatous herbs
Leaves simple, usually opposite and undivided
Inflorescence cymose, or head, with showy petaloid bracts in some members
Flowers biseriate, bisexual, epigynous, generally tetra or pentamerous
An intrastaminal annual disc and inferior ovary are present
Fruit a multilocular drupe
Diversity:
World- 12 genera 124 species (The Plant List 2013); 2 genera, 85 species (Christenhusz & Byng 2016); 2 genera, 80 species (Mabberely 2017); 4 genera, 89 species (CoL 2021)
India - 7 genera 15 species (Karthikeyan 2000); 2 genera, 9 species (BSI, 2021)
Indian Himalaya- 5 genera, 10 species (Singh et al. 2019)
Uttarakhand - 2 genera 5 species (Uniyal et al. 2007)
General Characters:
Cornaceae in POWO 2021 (Plants of the World Online)
Cornaceae in Wikipedia
Systematic Position of the Family in Different Systems of Classifications:
Systematic position in 2-Superkingdom, 7-Kingdom classification of Ruggiero et al. (2015)
Super Kingdom- Eukaryota, Kingdom- Plantae, Subkingdom- Viridiplantae, Infrakingdom- Streptophyta, Superphylum- Embryophyta, Phylum- Tracheophyta, Subphylum- Spermatophytina, Superclass- Angiospermae, Class- Magnoliopsida, Superorder- Asteranae, Order- Cornales
Bentham & Hooker (1862-83)
Class : Dicotyledons
Subclass: Polypetalae
Series : Calyciflorae
Orders : Umbellales
Engler & Prantl (1887-1915)
Kingdom : Plantae
Division : Embryophyta Siphonogama
Subdivision: Angiospermae
Class : Dicotyledoneae
Subclass : Archichlamydeae
Order : Unbelliflorae
Hutchinson (1973)
Phylum : Angiospermae
Subphylum: Dicotyledones
Division : Lignosae
Order : Araliales
Cronquist (1988)
Division : Magnoliophyta
Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Rosidae
Order : Cornales
Thorne & Reveal (2007)
Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Asteridae
Super Order: Cornanae
Order : Cornales
Takhtajan (2009)
Phylum : Magnoliophyta
Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Asteridae
Super Order : Cornanae
Order : Cornales
Reveal (2012)
Class : Equisetopsida
Subclass : Magnoliidae
Super Order: Cornanae
Order : Cornales
APG-IV (2016)
Clade : Angiosperms
Clade : Eudicots
Clade : Core Eudicots
Clade : Superasterids
Clade : Asterids
Order : Cornales
Shipunov (2020)
Class : Angiospermae
Subclass : Asteridae
Super Order: Asteranae
Order : Cornales
Genera & Species in Pantnagar
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