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Hamamelidaceae (witch-hazel)
Taxonomy
Hamamelidaceae was named by Brown (1818). It is extant.
It was assigned to Rosales by Knowlton (1919), Knowlton (1926), MacGinitie (1941); to Dicotyledones by Chandler (1961), Chandler (1962); to Centrospermae by Chandler (1963); to Hamamelidales by Mabberley (2000), Wu and Sun (2015); and to Saxifragales by Taylor et al. (2008), Jud (2011), The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).
It was assigned to Rosales by Knowlton (1919), Knowlton (1926), MacGinitie (1941); to Dicotyledones by Chandler (1961), Chandler (1962); to Centrospermae by Chandler (1963); to Hamamelidales by Mabberley (2000), Wu and Sun (2015); and to Saxifragales by Taylor et al. (2008), Jud (2011), The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).
Subtaxa
Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by H. Wang on 2003-02-07; modified by B. Allen on 2023-02-02
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1818 | Hamamelidaceae Brown |
| 1919 | Hamamelidaceae Knowlton |
| 1926 | Hamamelidaceae Knowlton |
| 1941 | Hamamelidaceae MacGinitie |
| 1961 | Hamamelidaceae Chandler p. 67 |
| 1962 | Hamamelidaceae Chandler p. 69 |
| 1963 | Hamamelidaceae Chandler p. 89 |
| 2000 | Hamamelidaceae Mabberley |
| 2008 | Hamamelidaceae Taylor et al. p. 1029 |
| 2011 | Hamamelidaceae Jud |
| 2015 | Hamamelidaceae Wu and Sun |
| 2016 | Hamamelidaceae The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group p. 16 |
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Fm. Hamamelidaceae Brown 1818 [witch-hazel]
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G. Corylopsis Siebold and Zuccarini 1835
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†Corylopsis bognorensis Chandler 1961
†Corylopsis latisperma Chandler 1961
†Corylopsis maii Collinson et al. 2012
†Corylopsis venablesi Chandler 1961
†Corylopsis waltheri Collinson et al. 2012
G. Distylium Siebold and Zuccarini 1841
G. Fothergilla Murray 1774
G. Hamamelis Gronovius
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†Hamamelis prejaponicum Srivastava and Suzuki 2001
Hamamelis virginiana Linnaeus 1753
G. †Hamamelites Saporta 1865
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†Hamamelites cordatus Lesquereux 1883
†Hamamelites fothergilloides Saporta 1865
†Hamamelites inaequalis Brown 1962
†Hamamelites quadrangularis Lesquereux 1868
†Hamamelites quercifolius Lesquereux 1883
†Hamamelites tenuinervis Lesquereux 1883
†Hamamelites voyana Lesquereux 1878
G. Liquidambar Linnaeus 1753 [sweetgum]
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†Liquidambar californicum Lesquereux 1878
†Liquidambar convexum Cockerell 1908
†Liquidambar cucharas Knowlton 1918
†Liquidambar dakotense Brown 1962
†Liquidambar europaeum Braun 1836
†Liquidambar obtusilobatus Heer 1858
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Invalid names: Acerites pristinus Newberry 1868 [synonym], Liquidambar integrifolium Lesquereux 1868 [synonym]
†Liquidambar pachyphyllum Knowlton 1902
†Liquidambar palaeocenica Chandler 1961
Liquidambar peregrina Linnaeus 1753
†Liquidambar protensum Unger 1888
Liquidambar styraciflua Linnaeus 1753
G. Loropetalum Brown 1829
G. Parrotia Meyer 1831 [ironwood]
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†Parrotia brevipetiolata Meyer and Manchester 1997
†Parrotia canfieldi Lesquereux 1891
†Parrotia cuneata Newberry 1882
†Parrotia grandidentata Lesquereux 1891
Parrotia jacquemontiana Decaisne 1841
†Parrotia winchelli Lesquereux 1891
G. Parrotiopsis Niedenzu 1905
G. †Protoaltingia Reid and Chandler 1933
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†Protoaltingia europaea Reid and Chandler 1933
†Protoaltingia hantonensis Chandler 1962
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available