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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Distylium''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Saxifragales]]
| familia = [[Hamamelidaceae]]
| genus = '''''Distylium'''''
| genus_authority = [[Philipp Franz von Siebold|Siebold]] & [[Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini|Zucc.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
}}
'''''Distylium''''' ('''Winter-hazel''') is a genus of about 18 species of evergreen [[shrub]]s and [[tree]]s in the witch hazel family [[Hamamelidaceae]], native to eastern and southeastern [[Asia]].
;Selected species
*''[[Distylium buxifolium]]'' - China
*''[[Distylium chinense]]'' - China
*''[[Distylium chungii]]'' - China
*''[[Distylium cuspidatum]]'' - China
*''[[Distylium dunnianum]]'' - China
*''[[Distylium elaeagnoides]]'' - China
*''[[Distylium gracile]]'' - China
*''[[Distylium macrophyllum]]'' - China
*''[[Distylium myricoides]]'' - China
*''[[Distylium pingpienense]]'' - China
*''[[Distylium racemosum]]'' - tree up to 20m; China, Korea, Japan ([[Ryukyu Islands]]), Taiwan
*''[[Distylium tsiangii]]'' - China
==References==
*[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=110669 Flora of China: ''Distylium'']
[[Category:Saxifragales]]
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