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Betulaceae (birch)

Synonyms: Carpinaceae; Corylaceae

Wikipedia Abstract

The birch family, the Betulaceae, includes six genera of deciduous nut-bearing trees and shrubs, including the birches, alders, hazels, hornbeams, hazel-hornbeam, and hop-hornbeams numbering a total of 167 species. They are mostly natives of the temperate Northern Hemisphere, with a few species reaching the Southern Hemisphere in the Andes in South America. Their typical flowers are catkins and often appear before leaves.
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Genus

Alnites (4)
Alnophyllum (1)
Alnoxylon (1)
Alnus (alder) (96)   (4)   (1)
Betula (birch) (182)   (5)
Betuliphyllum (1)
Betulites (9)
Betuloxylon (1)
Carpinoxylon (2)
Carpinus (hornbeam) (58)   (4)
Corylites (1)
Corylocarpinus (1)
Coryloxylon (1)
Corylus (hazelnut) (35)
Cranea (1)
Eucarpinoxylon (1)
Ostrya (hophornbeam) (11)   (3)
Ostryopsis (3)
Palaeocarpinus (1)
Propeaciota (2)
Quadratus (1)
Rhizoalnoxylon (1)
Spinaephyes (1)
Triporatus (1)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0