Canellaceae Canellaceae

Canellaceae - Definition

Canellaceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Division:Magnoliophyta
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Canellales
Family:Canellaceae
Genera

Canella
Capiscodendron
Cinnamodendron
Cinnamosma
Pleiodendron
Warburgia

The Canellaceae are a family of flowering plants. The family has sixteen species in six genera. The species are highly aromatic evergreen plants, mostly trees and rarely shrubs, which produce essential oils. Families Cannelaceae and Winteraceae form Order Canellales.

The family is found tropical climate regions in the Afrotropic and Neotropic ecozones, including South America, the West Indies and Florida, East Africa, and Madagascar.

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