The Cornaceae are a cosmopolitan family of flowering plants in the order Cornales. The family contains approximately 85 species in two genera, [1] Alangium and Cornus. They are mostly trees and shrubs, which may be deciduous or evergreen, although a few species are perennial herbs.

山茱萸科（学名：Cornaceae）是山茱萸目的一个科。广泛分布于北温带。包括八角枫属和山茱萸屬兩屬約85種 [1] [2] 灌木、喬木和少數的草本植物。本科成員通常會有互生或對生的單葉，花朵四裂或五裂，頭狀花序，果實為核果。

Cornus is a genus of about 30–60 species [Note 1] of woody plants in the family Cornaceae, commonly known as dogwoods or cornels, which can generally be distinguished by their blossoms, berries, and distinctive bark. [3] Most are deciduous trees or shrubs, but a few species are nearly herbaceous perennial subshrubs, and some species are ...

Cornaceae, the dogwood family, is the largest family in the order, though it has just two genera—Cornus (65 species) and Alangium (20 species). Cornus is noted for its woody ornamental species native to both coasts of North America and to East Asia.

Cornaceae, the dogwood family, is the largest family in the order, though it has just two genera—Cornus (65 species) and Alangium (20 species). Cornus is noted for its woody ornamental species native to both coasts of North America and to East Asia.

Family: Cornaceae — dogwood family Dogwoods are trees, shrubs, or, infrequently, herbs. They have simple leaves that are entire and usually arranged opposite each other. The small flowers are grouped together in an inflorescence that in some species is surrounded by 4 large, white, petal-like bracts.

山茱萸科（学名：Cornaceae），山茱萸目的1科。 落叶或常绿乔、灌木，极稀草本。 单叶对生或互生，少数近于轮生；叶脉羽状，稀掌状；边缘全缘或有锯齿；无托叶或有托叶，分裂或不裂。

Fossil mastixioid (Cornaceae) alive in eastern Asia. Am. J. Bot. 77: 689–692. Google Scholar Eyde, R.H., Bartlett, A., Barghoorn, E.S. 1969.

山茱萸科——cornaceae. 落叶乔木或灌本，稀常绿或草木。单叶对生，稀互生或近于轮生，通常叶脉羽状，稀为掌状叶脉，边缘全缘或有锯齿；无托叶或托叶纤毛状。

Cornaceae is represented in the southeastern United States by native members of three of the five major clades (here treated as genera: Swida, Benthamidia, and Chamaepericlymenum) and by a fourth clade (genus Cornus sensu stricto).