Belongs within: Malvidae.Contains: Rutaceae, Meliaceae, Simaroubaceae, Anacardiaceae, Burseraceae, Acer, Dodonaea. The Sapindales are a clade of flowering plants whose members often accumulate noxious secondary metabolites. Members include the Sapindaceae, a family of woody plants with often spiral, pinnately-compound leaves with subopposite leaflets and a terminal rhachis tip (Angiosperm Phylogeny Website). The Aceroideae (maples) and Hippocastanoideae… Continue reading Sapindales
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Syzygieae
Belongs within: Myrtaceae. The Syzygieae are a group of myrtaceous trees and shrubs that usually produce terminal, paniculate inflorescences and fleshy fruits containing a single large seed (Wilson et al. 2005). Some species of Syzygium are cultivated for their edible fruits, such as the rose apple S. jambos and the wax apple S. samarangense, whereas… Continue reading Syzygieae
Boronia
Belongs within: Boronieae. Boronia is an Australian genus of shrubs (more rarely small trees or herbs) bearing flowers with pyramidally arranged stamens and fruits composed of basally fused cocci. A small number of species are native to New Caledonia. Characters (from New South Wales Flora Online): Shrubs or rarely small trees or rarely herbs, glabrous… Continue reading Boronia
Zanthoxyleae
Belongs within: Rutaceae.Contains: Boronieae. The name ‘Zanthoxyleae’ is here being applied to a clade corresponding to the ‘Euodia alliance’ of Kubitzki et al (2011), as the Zanthoxyleae as previously recognised are paraphyletic with regard to other tribes within the Rutaceae. Members of the Euodia alliance are found mostly in the Old World, with only the… Continue reading Zanthoxyleae
Malvaceae
Belongs within: Malvales.Contains: Rulingia, Malacothamnus, Sidalcea, Sida, Sphaeralcea, Bombacoideae, Malvoideae, Sterculioideae, Tilioideae, Dombeyoideae, Helicteroideae, Corchorus, Triumfetta, Grewia, Hermannia, Lasiopetalum. The Malvaceae as used here in the broad sense is an assemblage of plants previously divided between the families Malvaceae, Bombacaceae, Sterculiaceae and Tiliaceae; polyphyly of the latter three families has lead to their inclusion in… Continue reading Malvaceae
Pimelea
Belongs within: Thymelaeaceae. Pimelea, the riceflowers, is a genus of herbs, shrubs and small trees found in Australia and New Zealand. At least some species are known to be toxic to livestock and it is possible that all are (Harden 1990). The southeastern Australian P. axiflora is distinguished by its axillary rather than terminal inflorescences… Continue reading Pimelea
Fabidae
Belongs within: Gunneridae.Contains: Zygophyllaceae, Celastrales, Oxalidales, Malpighiales, Fabales, Rosales, Cucurbitales, Faganae. The Fabidae are a major clade of flowering plants united by molecular data, informally referred to in some sources as the ‘eurosid I’ clade. <==Fabidae [Violales]MS10 |–ZygophyllalesAPG16 | |–ZygophyllaceaeAPG16 | `–KrameriaWM09 [KrameriaceaeAPG16] | |–K. erecta [incl. K. glandulosa, K. parvifolia var. imparata, K. parvifolia]H93… Continue reading Fabidae
Sterculioideae
Belongs within: Malvaceae. The Sterculioideae are a pantropical group of trees and shrubs with apetalous flowers. They were defined by Baum et al. (1998) as a node-based clade including Brachychiton paradoxum, Cola acuminata, Heritiera littoralis and Sterculia foetida. Sterculia species produce leathery (occasionally woody), dehiscent seed pods; the seeds of some species are edible. Dried… Continue reading Sterculioideae
Tilioideae
Belongs within: Malvaceae. The Tilioideae are a group of trees and shrubs from northern temperate regions and Central America. They have a fossil record extending to the Cretaceous with the earliest representatives being the fruit Etheridgea subglobosa and the leaf Tiliaephyllum dubium (Collinson et al. 1993). Species of the genus Tilia, the limes or linden… Continue reading Tilioideae
Grewia
Belongs within: Malvaceae. Grewia is a genus of trees and shrubs found in the Old World tropics. Fruit are divided into lobes, with the vernacular name ‘crossberry’ applied to G. occidentalis referring to the arrangement of lobes. Characters (from Harden 1990): Trees or shrubs, stellate-tomentose. Leaves alternate, entire or toothed; stipules shed early. Flowers in… Continue reading Grewia