willow family
Salicaceae
The Salicaceae are the willow family of flowering plants. The traditional family (Salicaceae sensu stricto) includes the willows and poplars. Genetic studies summarized by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG) have greatly expanded the circumscription of the family to contain 56 genera and about 1220 species, including the tropical Scyphostegiaceae and many of the former Flacourtiaceae.
In the Cronquist system, the Salicaceae were assigned to their own order, Salicales, and contained three genera, Salix, Populus, and Chosenia (now a synonym of Salix). Recognized to be closely related to the Violaceae and Passifloraceae, the family is placed by the APG in the order Malpighiales.
53 branches of this family, most-observed first
Willows
genusSalix
poplars, cottonwoods, and aspens
genusPopulus
Casearia
genusCasearia
Thorn Pears
genusScolopia
Azara
genusAzara
Xylosma
genusXylosma
Dovyalis
genusDovyalis
Flacourtia
genusFlacourtia
Brown Ironwoods
genusHomalium
Trimeria
genusTrimeria
Idesia
genusIdesia
Abatia
genusAbatia
Oncoba
genusOncoba
Banara
genusBanara
Neopringlea
genusNeopringlea
Piparea
genusPiparea
Ryania
genusRyania
Hasseltia
genusHasseltia
Scyphostegia
genusScyphostegia
Olmediella
genusOlmediella
Prockia
genusProckia
Tetrathylacium
genusTetrathylacium
Ludia
genusLudia
Redstems
genusPseudoscolopia
Poliothyrsis
genusPoliothyrsis
Pleuranthodendron
genusPleuranthodendron
Lunania
genusLunania
Dianyuea
genusDianyuea
Tisonia
genusTisonia
Itoa
genusItoa
Pineda
genusPineda
Osmelia
genusOsmelia
Goathorn trees
genusCarrierea
Neosprucea
genusNeosprucea
Macrohasseltia
genusMacrohasseltia
Bennettiodendron
genusBennettiodendron
Phyllobotryon
genusPhyllobotryon
Hasseltiopsis
genusHasseltiopsis
Laetia
genusLaetia
Bivinia
genusBivinia
Calantica
genusCalantica
Saliceae
tribeSaliceae
Bartholomaea
genusBartholomaea
Bembicia
genusBembicia
Byrsanthus
genusByrsanthus
Dissomeria
genusDissomeria
Hemiscolopia
genusHemiscolopia
Irenodendron
genusIrenodendron
Macrothumia
genusMacrothumia
Ophiobotrys
genusOphiobotrys
Homaliopsis
genusHomaliopsis
Mocquerysia
genusMocquerysia
Trichostephanus
genusTrichostephanus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47567.