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Sapindaceae, the soapberry family of flowering plants (order Sapindales), comprising about 145 genera and some 1,925 species. Its members occur mainly in the tropical and subtropical areas of the world and are especially abundant in the American tropics. A number of species produce wood useful for construction, furniture, or fuel.
The Sapindaceae are a family of flowering plants in the order Sapindales known as the soapberry family. It contains 138 genera [2] and 1,858 accepted species. Examples include horse chestnut, maples, ackee and lychee. The Sapindaceae occur in temperate to tropical regions, many in laurel forest habitat, throughout the world.
Sapindaceae, or the soapberry family, with about 135 genera and some 1,600 species, occurs mainly in the tropical areas of the world and is especially abundant in the American tropics. Species range from trees and shrubs to lianas or herbaceous vines.
The Sapindaceae consist of trees, shrubs, lianas, or herbaceous vines, tendrils present in viney species. You might find these chapters and articles relevant to this topic. Michael G. Simpson, in Plant Systematics (Second Edition), 2010.
The soapberry family, Sapindaceae, contains about 135 genera and some 1,600 species. Its members are distributed mainly in the tropics, and include trees, shrubs, lianas, and herbaceous vines. The following is a list of some of the major genera and species in Sapindaceae, arranged alphabetically by.
Fruits mature as a schizocarp that separates into 2 winged segments or a capsule. The Sapindaceae family now includes species formerly placed in the Aceraceae and Hippocastanaceae. Visit this family in the Dichotomous Key.
Sapindus is a genus of about thirteen species of shrubs and small trees in the lychee family, Sapindaceae and tribe Sapindeae. It is native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the world. The genus includes both deciduous and evergreen species.
Sapindaceaes.s. is a family with a cosmopolitan distribution that is mainly found in tropical and subtropical regions; it comprises about 1800 species distributed in ca. 140 genera. The genera include monoecious or less frequently dioecious or polygamous species.
: a large family of chiefly tropical and predominantly Old World woody plants (order Sapindales) with alternate and usually pinnate or trifoliolate leaves that lack stipules, small flowers commonly in axillary or terminal panicles, and a fruit that may be capsular, drupaceous, or made up of samaras. New Latin, from Sapindus, type genus + -aceae.
Jan 1, 2010 · Most genera of Sapindaceae are predominantly medium-sized to large emergent trees or erect shrubs, less often they are tendrilled lianas or understory palm-like treelets, exceptionally sub-shrubs or scandent shrubs.
