CORNACEAE - Dogwood Family
Trees and shrubs, rarely perennial
herbs
Leaves opposite, less commonly alternate,
simple
Flowers bi- or unisexual, actinomorphic, small infl. often subtended by
showy bracts
Fruit a fleshy drupe or berry
Seed with endosperm
11 genera, 100 species, largest genus is Cornus
Economic importance:
Ornamentals - Cornus and Aucuba
Diagnostic characteristics: trees or shrubs, simple leaves with curved
veins
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