Hamamelideae
A small order of shrubs or small or large trees, inhabiting temperate and sub-tropical Asia, South Africa, and North America. Calyx four-partite, more or less adnate to the ovary; limb truncate or five-lobed; lobes valvate or imbricate. Leaves alternate, petioled, simple, penninerved; stipules deciduous. There are about fifteen genera and thirty species. Examples: Bucklandia, Corylopsis, Hamamelis, and Liquidambar.