| Classification |
| Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order Type: Eudicots-Lower Rosids
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Cercidiphyllaceae
Family Common Name: Katsura Tree Family
Genus: Cercidiphyllum |
Defining Morphology: Floral
Features: Inflorescences are indeterminate in racemes (short, male), or
in heads (female). Plants dioecious. Flowers are unisexual. Fruit and Seed
Features: Dicotyledon. Fruit a follicle. Seeds have wing and oily Endosperm.
Vegetative Features: Habit as dioecious trees with deciduous leaves. Leaves
are alternate (on the short-shoots), or opposite (on the long-shoots) and
simple. Lamina palmately or pinnipalmately are veined. Stipulate.
Distribution: Southeast Asia.
Economic Use: As source of
timber in Asia and widely grown as a cultivated garden ornamentals.
Number of Genera Globally:
1
Number of Species Globally:
2
