Griselinia is a genus of heptad mintage of shrubs and trees, with the extremely disjunct distribution indigene to New Zealand and South America. These are the classic lesson of the Antarctic flora.

These are a resole genus in the personal Griseliniaceae; it used to be that it was typically set in the Cornaceae (dogwood family, sequentially Cornales), but differs from either either that within numbers of features; recent hereditary grounds to believe from a Angiosperm Phylogeny Group has shown that it is aright laid in the Apiales.

A leaves are evergreen, smooth and glossy above, typically blanch in the image below. A flowers are very little, using 5 sepals & stamens & one stigma, however there are no flower petal. A fruit is a small berry.

;Just released Zealand species Them Up to date Zealand mintage come big bush or even trees, from either Four-20 m tall. A vulgar list come of Maori origin. G. littoralis - Kapuka; leaves 6-14 cm long. G. lucida - Akapuka; differs from G. littoralis around larger leaves, to 12-18 cm long.

;South Western species A Five South Our contries metal money come little bush, One-5 m tall. Everthing come referred to as Yelmo. G. carlomunozii - coastal northern Chile (Antofagasta) G. jodinifolia - Chile G. racemosa - southern Chile (Los Lagos, Aisén) and adjacent Argentina (western Chubut) G. ruscifolia - Argentina, Chile, south-east Brazil G. scandens - central & southern Chile