Spermatophyta: Dicotyledonae: Archichlamydeae: Cornales

Cornaceae - Dogwood family

Cannon, J.F.M. (1978) Cornaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4

Description of the family

Trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite, simple; margin entire or serrate. Stipules 0. Flowers bisexual (Curtisia) or unisexual (Afrocrania), actinomorphic, arranged in panicles (Curtisia) or in dense terminal clusters surrounded by 4 herbaceous bracts (Afrocrania); pedicels not articulated. Petals 4-5. Stamens equal in number and alternating with them. Ovary inferior, 2- or 4-locular. Fruit a drupe.

Worldwide: 14 genera and 120 species, mainly northern temperate areas, rare in tropics and southern temperate.

Zimbabwe: 2 genera and 2 taxa.

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Genus	Content
Cornus Harms	Description
Curtisia Aiton	Description, Image

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Other sources of information about Cornaceae:

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Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Cornaceae
Flora of Malawi: Cornaceae
Flora of Mozambique: Cornaceae
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Cornaceae

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Cornaceae
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Cornaceae
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Cornaceae
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Cornaceae
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Cornaceae
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cornaceae
JSTOR Plant Science: Cornaceae
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Cornaceae
Wikipedia: Cornaceae
Plants of the World Online: Cornaceae
Tropicos: Cornaceae