Garryaceae

Garryaceae
Garrya elliptica foliage and catkins
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Garryales
Family: Garryaceae
Genera

Garrya
Aucuba

Garryaceae is a small family of dicotyledons, including only two genera:

The family is found in warm temperate and subtropical regions, Garrya in North America, and Aucuba in eastern Asia. They are evergreen shrubs or small trees with opposite, simple leaves.

Aucuba is included in the family Cornaceae in some classification systems.