By K. Kubitzki (auth.), Klaus Kubitzki (eds.)
This quantity, the 10th within the sequence, contains smooth remedies for the households and genera of the eudicot orders Sapindales and Cucurbitales. The circumscription of the orders, households and genera conforms to the latest systematic reports. The family members remedies contain descriptions of the households and the genera, genera type keys, discussions of relationships and knowledge on their morphology, reproductive biology, distribution, ecology and fiscal value. Sapindales and Cucurbitales, as understood during this quantity, include sixteen households with 637 genera and approximately 9,240 species. Sapindales contain huge tropical and southern temperate tree households corresponding to the Anacardiaceae, Sapindaceae (these within the sleek circumscription, such as Aceraceae and Hippocastanaceae), Meliaceae and Rutaceae, that have lengthy been thought of to be heavily comparable. Cucurbitales characterize a comparatively new ordinal idea; except a few small woody teams, the order comprises huge households, Cucurbitaceae and Begoniaceae, that are predominantly, and certain primarily, herbaceous. a close remedy of the tropical and southern temperate woody relations Myrtaceae (itself comprising 142 genera and 6,700 species) is an addendum to the remedy of the Myrtales inVol. IX of this series.
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Infructescence a cupule opening by numerous branched valves; drupe dry, indehiscent, laterally compressed, subreniform, ciliate; 1-locular. Two species, Australia, one in monsoon forests of the Northern Territory, and one in dry and rain forests on the east coast of northern Queensland. 10. Bonetiella Rzed. , Ciencia (Mexico) 16: 139 (1957). Polygamodioecious shrubs with contact dermatitis-causing exudate. Leaves deciduous, alternate, simple, petiolate, entire, linear to trifid or pinnatifid. Inflorescences axillary panicles.
Ozoroa p. p. – Leaves glabrous abaxially, young leaves orange-red; pedicel non-articulate; ovule subapical; endemic to southeast South Africa 47. Protorhus 7. Leaves palmately lobed and veined; pistillode absent; disk present in male flowers 13. Campylopetalum – Leaves not palmately lobed and veined; pistillode present; disk absent in male flowers 17. Dobinea p. p. 8. Ovary inferior 9 – Ovary superior 10 9. Prominent marginal secondary vein absent; petiole with spur-like, caducous or persistent appendages; corolla valvate; ovule apical 25.
Calyx deeply lobed; stylodia usually 3; exocarp generally separating from mesocarp at maturity 52. Schinus p. p. – Calyx shallowly lobed; style always 1; exocarp not separating from mesocarp at maturity 40 40. Plants dioecious (very rarely monoecious); stamens 10–20; Africa 56. Sorindeia p. p. – Plants hermaphrodite; stamens 10; Central to South America 32. Mauria p. p. 41. Leaves opposite 9. Blepharocarya – Leaves alternate 42 42. Leaves trifoliolate 43 – Leaves greater than trifoliolate (multifoliolate) 48 43.