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410.0000 Family Cornaceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Prír. Rostlin Aneb. Rostl. 2(23): 91, 92 (1825), nom. cons.
2 genera, ca. 105 spp. Alangiaceae is frequently treated as separate family.
Species listed in database: 109; hybrids: 9
= Alangiaceae DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 3: 203 (1828), nom. cons.
410.2001 Genus Cornus L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 117 (1753)
Distribution: Temperate Northern Hemisphere, few in S-America and Africa, 1 extending to Ukraine, Crimea, and Caucasus
Species listed in database: 51; hybrids: 9
= Afrocrania (Harms) Hutch.; Ann. Bot. (Oxford), n. s., 6: 89 (1942)
= Arctocrania Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 23: 39 (1909)
= Benthamia Lindl.; Edwards´s Bot. Reg. 18: t. 1579 (1833), nom. illeg.
= Benthamidia Spach; Hist. Nat. Vég. [Spach] 8: 106 (1839)
= Bothrocaryum (Koehne) Pojark.; Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 12: 169 (1950)
= Chamaepericlimenum Hill; Brit. Herb. [Hill] 331 (1756), orth. var.
= Chamaepericlymenum Hill; Brit. Herb. [Hill] 331 (1756)
= Cornella Rydb.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 33: 147 (1906)
= Cynoxylon Raf.; Alsogr. Amer. 59 (1838)
= Dendrobenthamia Hutch.; Ann. Bot. (Oxford), n. s., 6: 92 (1942)
= Discocrania (Harms) M.Král; Folia Geobot. Phytotax. Bohemoslov. 1: 377 (1966)
= Eukrania Raf.; Alsogr. Amer. 59 (1838)
= Kraniopsis Raf.; Alsogr. Amer. 76 (1838)
= Macrocarpium Nakai; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 23: 38 (1909)
= Mesomora (Raf.) O.O.Rudbeck ex Lunell; Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 487 (1916), nom. superfl.
= Ossea Lonitzer ex Nieuwl. & Lunell; Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 487 (1916), nom. superfl.
= Swida Opiz; Oekon.-Techn. Fl. Böhm. [Berchtold et al.] 2(1): 174 (1838)
= Telukrama Raf.; Alsogr. Amer. 64 (1838)
= Thelycrania (Dumort.) Fourr.; Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, Sér. 2, 16: 394 (1868)
= Yinquania Z.Y.Zhu; Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 4(4): 121 (1984)

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