| Common Names - Dogwood Family | Synonyms - |
| Authority - Dumort | Total Number of genera - 14 |
| Gymnosperm or Angiosperm? - Angiosperm | Total Number of species - 120 |
| Plant forms - Tree/Shrub/Herb | |
| World Distribution - Temperate (mainly), or sub-tropical to tropical (in mountains). North and South temperate, and tropical mountains, few in Australia | |
| Comments - Trees and shrubs, or herbs (rarely). Well known from two genera: Cornus, the dogwoods, and Nyssa, the tupelos. | |
| 1 - Afrocrania. 2 - Aucuba. 3 - Benthamidia. 4 - Camptotheca. 5 - Cornoxylon. 6 - Cornus. 7 - Davidia. 8 - Dendrobenthamia. 9 - Mastixia. |