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  1. Nyssaceae, family Nyssaceae, sour-gum family, tupelo familynoun

    a family of dicotyledonous trees of order Myrtales that includes the sour gum trees

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  1. Nyssaceae

    Nyssaceae is a family of flowering trees sometimes included in the dogwood family (Cornaceae). Nyssaceae is composed of 37 known species in the following five genera: Camptotheca, the happy trees: two species in China Davidia, the dove tree, handkerchief tree, or ghost tree: one species in central China Diplopanax: two species in southern China and Vietnam Mastixia: about nineteen species in Southeast Asia Nyssa, the tupelos: about 7–10 species in eastern North America and East to Southeast AsiaAmong the extinct genera of the family are Mastixicarpum, very similar to Diplopanax, and Tsukada, an extinct relative of Davidia. In some treatments, Davidia is split off into its own family, the Davidiaceae. Diplopanax and Mastixia are also sometimes separated into the family Mastixiaceae. The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group APG III system included the genera of Nyssaceae within Cornaceae. The APG IV system recognizes Nyssaceae as a distinct family

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  1. nyssaceae

    Nyssaceae is a botanical term referring to a small family of flowering plants. It consists of trees or shrubs including tupelo. They are mainly confined to northern temperate regions and Southeast Asia. In some classification systems, the plants categorized under Nyssaceae are included in the family Cornaceae.

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  1. Nyssaceae

    Nyssaceae is a small family of flowering trees closely related to and often included within the dogwood family. Nyssaceae commonly includes the following genera: ⁕Nyssa, the tupelos: about 7-10 species in eastern North America and East to Southeast Asia ⁕Camptotheca, the happy trees: two species in China ⁕Davidia, the dove tree, handkerchief tree, or ghost tree: one species in central China ⁕Diplopanax: two species in southern China and Vietnam ⁕Mastixia: about nineteen species in Southeast Asia At least one other extinct genus Mastixicarpum, very similar to Diplopanax, is known from fossil evidence. In some treatments, Davidia is split off into its own family, the Davidiaceae. Diplopanax and Mastixia are also sometimes separated into the family Mastixiaceae. The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group currently includes the genera of Nyssaceae within Cornaceae, but this classification remains unstable.

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Nyssaceae

    A plant family of the order Cornales, subclass Rosidae, class Magnoliopsida. Some botanical classifications do not recognize this family and place the members in CORNACEAE.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of nyssaceae in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of nyssaceae in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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  • Amazon1954
    Needs updating, nyssaceae are no longer within the cornaceae. The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group currently includes the genera of Nyssaceae within Cornaceae. That was III but IV in 2016 separated the two.
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