| Common Names - | Synonyms - |
| Authority - R.Br. ex Lindl. | Total Number of genera - 4 |
| Gymnosperm or Angiosperm? - Angiosperm | Total Number of species - 65 |
| Plant forms - Aromatic trees & shrubs | |
| World Distribution - Mountain South America, Madagascar, Austrailia, New Guinea, S.W. Pacific. | |
| Comments - Has been placed under a variety of higher taxons. Now accepted under Canellales. | |
| 1 - Drimys. 2 - Tasmania = Drimys. 3 - Zygogynum. |