The Probert Encyclopaedia of Nature

AMENTACEAE

Amentaceae is the family of trees and plants where the flowers are arranged in the form of catkins (amenta). The family is broken up into several orders, the chief of which are Betulaceae (the birch), Salicinese (the willow), Balsamifluae (the liquidambar), Plataneae (the plane), and Cupuliferae (the nut).
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