3-46 Hamamelidaceae, witch-hazel family

Marian C. Munro; Ruth E. Newell; Nicholas M. Hill

Authors

Marian C. Munro Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, NS
Ruth E. Newell E. C. Smith Herbarium, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia
Nicholas M. Hill Fernhill Institute, Kentville, Nova Scotia; Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Keywords:

Magnoliophyte, dicots, witch-hazel family, Hamamelis

Abstract

Trees or shrubs, ranging throughout eastern and tropical Asia; of the 120 species, a single common understory shrub reaches NS. Flowers are regular, perfect or unisexual. Corolla is 4–5-merous. Ovary is bilocular, producing a woody capsule, dehiscing at the top. Witch-hazel flowers in the fall in Nova Scotia. Photographs taken by Beth Cameron and Ross Hall.

Author Biographies

Marian C. Munro, Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, NS

Curator of Botany (NSPM)

Ruth E. Newell, E. C. Smith Herbarium, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia

Curator of the E. C. Smith Herbarium (ACAD)

Nicholas M. Hill, Fernhill Institute, Kentville, Nova Scotia; Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Director; Adjunct Professor