Bretschneidera Hemsl.

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Credits

Article from New Trees by John Grimshaw & Ross Bayton

Recommended citation
'Bretschneidera' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/bretschneidera/). Accessed 2025-11-08.

Family

Akaniaceae

Species in genus

Bretschneidera sinensis

Glossary

family: A group of genera more closely related to each other than to genera in other families. Names of families are identified by the suffix ‘-aceae’ (e.g. Myrtaceae) with a few traditional exceptions (e.g. Leguminosae).
monospecific: (of a genus) Including only one species (as e.g. Aextoxicon).

References

Angiosperm Phylogeny Group [APG] (2016). An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG IV

Credits

Article from New Trees by John Grimshaw & Ross Bayton

Recommended citation
'Bretschneidera' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/bretschneidera/). Accessed 2025-11-08.

Bretschneidera sinensis growing straight for the light in a gap between large conifers (University of British Columbia Botanical Garden, Vancouver, June 2023). Image John Grimshaw.

The genus Bretschneidera is monospecific, comprising only the species B. sinensis. Bretschneidera was formerly placed in its own family Bretschneideraceae, but APG IV (2016) places it with the Australian Akania Hook.f. in the small family Akaniaceae with just these two genera.

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