hamamelid dicot genus

1. Genus of mostly woody relatively primitive dicotyledonous flowering plants with flowers often unisexual and often borne in catkins (synset 111593624)
   is a type of: dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
   subtypes:

   • fagus, genus fagus - beeches
   • castanea, genus castanea - chestnuts; chinkapins
   • castanopsis, genus castanopsis - evergreen trees and shrubs of warm regions valued for their foliage; southeastern United States and eastern Australia and northern New Zealand
   • chrysolepis, genus chrysolepis - two species: golden chinkapins
   • genus lithocarpus, lithocarpus - tanbark oaks
   • genus nothofagus, nothofagus - beeches of temperate southern hemisphere except Africa: southern beech
   • genus quercus, quercus - oaks
   • betula, genus betula - a genus of trees of the family Betulaceae (such as birches)
   • alnus, genus alnus - alders
   • carpinus, genus carpinus - mostly deciduous monoecious trees or shrubs: hornbeams; sometimes placed in subfamily Carpinaceae
   • genus ostrya, ostrya - deciduous monoecious trees of Europe and Asia and America; sometimes placed in subfamily or family Carpinaceae
   • genus ostryopsis, ostryopsis - deciduous monoecious shrubs of China and Mongolia resembling trees of the genus Ostrya; sometimes placed in subfamily or family Carpinaceae
   • corylus, genus corylus - deciduous monoecious nut-bearing shrubs of small trees: hazel; sometimes placed in the subfamily or family Corylaceae
   • genus salix, salix - a large and widespread genus varying in size from small shrubs to large trees: willows
   • genus populus, populus - a genus of trees of the family Salicaceae that is found in the northern hemisphere; poplars
   belongs to: hamamelidae, subclass hamamelidae - a group of chiefly woody plants considered among the most primitive of angiosperms; perianth poorly developed or lacking; flowers often unisexual and often in catkins and often wind pollinated; contains 23 families including the Betulaceae and Fagaceae (includes the Amentiferae); sometimes classified as a superorder

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