The Parent order is - Malpighiales
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Woody Family Salicaceae

Data on a chosen woody family known under an order

Common Names - Willow FamilySynonyms -
Authority - Mirbel.Total Number of genera - 57
Gymnosperm or Angiosperm? - AngiospermTotal Number of species - 435
Plant forms - Tree/Shrub
World Distribution - Frigid zone and temperate. Absent from Australasia and New Guinea, otherwise cosmopolitan, but mostly temperate Northern hemisphere
Comments - Important timber trees. 2 genera with 135 species are trees.Recent genetic studies by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG) has greatly expanded the circumscription of the family to contain 57 genera.


Woody Genera of Salicaceae

Each link leads to more information on the chosen botanical families

1 - Abatia.
2 - Ahernia.
3 - Byrsanthus.
4 - Calantica.
5 - Carrierea.
6 - Chosenia.
7 - Dissomeria.
8 - Euceraea.
9 - Hecatostemon.
10 - Hedychium.
11 - Hydrogaster.
12 - Neoptychocarpus.
13 - Populus.
14 - Salix.



End of Listing Woody Families of Salicaceae