Garryaceae
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Garryaceae is a small family of plants known commonly as the silktassels.<ref name=fna>Garryaceae. Flora of North America, efloras.org.</ref> It contains two genera:<ref name=fna/>
Aucuba was included in the family Cornaceae or Aucubaceae in some classification systems.<ref name=fna/>
Together with Eucommia ulmoides the Garryaceae are currently placed by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group in an own order, the Garryales.
Chemical characteristicsEdit
Petroselinic acid occurs as the major fatty acid in Aucuba and Garrya species, and is also found in the families Griseliniaceae, Apiaceae and Araliaceae of the Apiales.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
DistributionEdit
The family is found in warm temperate and subtropical regions, Garrya in North America, and Aucuba in eastern Asia. They are evergreen shrubs or small trees with opposite, simple leaves. While they are different in morphology, the two genera have similar phytochemistries and can be intergrafted.<ref name=fna/>
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