Garryaceae is a small family of plants known commonly as the silktassels. It contains two genera:

• Garrya Douglas ex Lindl., 1834. About 16–18 species.
• Aucuba Thunb., 1783. About 3–10 species.

Aucuba was included in the family Cornaceae or Aucubaceae in some classification systems.

Together with Eucommia ulmoides the Garryaceae are currently placed by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group in an own order, the Garryales.

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