Nyssaceae
Genera : 3
Species: 7 - 8
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Genera : 3Species: 7 - 8 |
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Distribution: In eastern
North American and in East Asia.
Economic Uses: As cultivted
ornamental species, with some grown for their bark and edible
fruits, the tupelo.
Defining
Features of Interest: The autumn colors
of the leaves are especially brilliant in this family, wqhich
is stable and not greatly disputed by botanists.
Fossil Evidence:Fossil fruits
in the Eocene and some qustionable fossils in teh Cretaceous.
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