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Simaroubaceae
The Simaroubaceae, also known as the quassia family, are a small, mostly tropical, family in the order Sapindales. In recent decades, it has been subject to much taxonomic debate, with several small families being split off. A molecular phylogeny of the family was published in 2007, greatly clarifying relationships within the family. Together with chemical characteristics such as the occurrence of petroselinic acid in ''Picrasma'', in contrast to other members of the family such as ''Ailanthus'', this indicates the existence of a subgroup in the family with ''Picrasma'', ''Holacantha'', and '' Castela''. The best-known species is the temperate Chinese tree-of-heaven ''Ailanthus altissima'', which has become a cosmopolitan weed tree of urban areas and wildlands. Well-known genera in the family include the tropical ''Quassia'' and '' Simarouba''. It is known in English by the common names of the quassia family or ailanthus family. Genera 20 genera are accepted: *''Ailanthu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samadera
''Samadera'' is a genus of four species of plants belonging to the family Simaroubaceae in the order Sapindales. Its range is from eastern Africa through tropical Asia to eastern Australia. Type species: ''Samadera indica'' Gaertn Description Plants in this genus are large or small trees with simple leaves. The flowers are bisexual, produced in axillary or terminal umbels. The calyces (collective name for the sepals) are small, 3-5 partite (divided into parts) and imbricate (overlapping each other). The 3-5 petals are much longer than the calyx, they are coriaceous (leather-like, stiff and tough) and imbricate. The flower disk is large, conical, with 8-10 stamens, including in the corolla, with a small scale at the base. The stigmas are acute and the ovules are solitary and pendulous. The fruit (or seed capsule) consists of 1-5 large dry compressed 1 seeded drupes (stone fruit), each with a narrow unilateral wing.Edmund Gregory Taxonomy It was first published and described b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ailanthus Altissima
''Ailanthus altissima'' ( ), commonly known as tree of heaven or ailanthus tree, is a deciduous tree in the quassia family. It is native to northeast and central China, and Taiwan. Unlike other members of the genus ''Ailanthus'', it is found in temperate climates rather than the tropics. The tree grows rapidly, and is capable of reaching heights of in 25 years. While the species rarely lives more than 50 years, some specimens exceed 100 years of age. It is considered a noxious weed and vigorous invasive species, and one of the worst invasive plant species in Europe and North America. In 21st-century North America, the invasiveness of the species has been compounded by its role in the life cycle of the also destructive and invasive spotted lanternfly. Description ''Ailanthus altissima'' is a medium-sized tree that reaches heights between with a diameter at breast height of about . The bark (botany), bark is smooth and light grey, often becoming somewhat rougher w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simarouba
''Simarouba'' is a genus of trees and shrubs in the family Simaroubaceae, native to the neotropics. It has been grouped in the subtribe Simaroubina along with the '' Simaba'' and ''Quassia'' genera. They have compound leaves, with between 1 and 12 pairs of alternate pinnate leaflets. Their flowers are unisexual, relatively small (around 1 cm long) and arranged in large panicles. Plants are dioecious, bearing only male or female flowers. The individual flowers have between 4 and 6 sepals and petals and between 8 and 12 stamens. The fruit is a carpophore and has up to 5 drupaceous mericarps. In 1944, Adolf Engler and Arthur Cronquist separated the species in the genus, based mainly on the morphology of their flowers, but also using differences in their leaf structure. ''S. amara'', ''S. glauca'' and ''S. versicolor'' are continental tree species and are often confused with each other, particularly in areas where more than one species is present in the flora. ''S. amara'' can b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simaba
''Simaba'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Simaroubaceae. Its native range stretches from southern tropical America and Trinidad, across to western tropical Africa to Angola then across to western Malesia. It was first published by French botanist Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet (1720–1778), in Hist. Pl. Guiane on page 409 in 1775. Hans Peter Nooteboom (1934–2022) in 1962 (published in 1963), took a very broad view of the genus ''Quassia'' and included therein various genera including, ''Hannoa'' , '' Odyendyea'' , ''Pierreodendron'' , ''Samadera'' , ''Simaba'' and ''Simarouba'' In 2007, molecular analyses of the Simaroubaceae family (Clayton et al., 2007), suggested the splitting up of genera ''Quassia'' again, with all Nooteboom's synonyms listed above being resurrected as independent genera. Species As accepted by Plants of the World Online; *'' Simaba africana'' *'' Simaba borneensis'' *''Simaba guianensis'' *'' Simaba monophylla' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quassia
''Quassia'' ( or ) is a plant genus in the family Simaroubaceae. Its size is disputed; some botanists treat it as consisting of only one species, '' Quassia amara'' from tropical South America, while others treat it in a wide circumscription as a pantropical genus containing up to 40 species of trees and shrubs. Taxonomy The genus was first published in Carl Linnaeus's book ''Species Plantarum'' ed. 2. on page 553 in 1762. The genus was named after a former slave from Suriname, Graman Quassi in the eighteenth century. He discovered the medicinal properties of the bark of '' Quassia amara''. In 1962, Dutch botanist Hans Peter Nooteboom (1934–2022) had taken a very broad view of the genus ''Quassia'' and included therein various genera including, ''Hannoa'' , '' Odyendyea'' , '' Pierreodendron'' , '' Samadera'' , '' Simaba'' and '' Simarouba'' . Then in 2007, DNA sequencing, and phylogenetic analyses was carried out on members of the Simaroubaceae family. It found that ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierreodendron
''Pierreodendron'' is a genus of plants in the family Simaroubaceae. Its native range is western tropical Africa and is found in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Togo and Zaïre. It was first published by German botanist Adolf Engler in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. vol.39 on page 575 in 1907. The genus name of ''Pierreodendron'' is in honour of Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre (1833–1905), a French botanist known for his Asian studies, as well as ''dendron'' the Greek word for tree. Hans Peter Nooteboom (1934–2022) in 1962 (published in 1963), took a very broad view of the genus ''Quassia'' and included therein various genera including, ''Hannoa'' , '' Odyendyea'' , ''Pierreodendron'' , '' Samadera'' , '' Simaba'' and also '' Simarouba'' In 2007, molecular analyses of the Simaroubaceae family (Clayton et al., 2007), suggested the splitting up of genera ''Quassia'' again, with all Nooteboom's synonyms listed above being resurrected as independe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Picrasma
''Picrasma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Simaroubaceae, comprising six to nine species native to temperate to tropical regions of Asia, and tropical regions of the Americas. The species are shrubs and tree In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, usually supporting branches and leaves. In some usages, the definition of a tree may be narrower, e.g., including only woody plants with secondary growth, only ...s growing up to 20 m tall.Flora of Pakistan''Picrasma''/ref>Flora of China (draft)/ref>Germplasm Resources Information Network''Picrasma''/ref> Selected species *'' Picrasma chinensis'' *'' Picrasma crenata'' *'' Picrasma excelsa'' *'' Picrasma javanica'' *'' Picrasma mexicana'' *'' Picrasma quassioides'' References Sapindales genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{sapindales-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nothospondias
''Nothospondias'' is a genus of plants in the family Simaroubaceae. It contains the sole species ''Nothospondias staudtii'', native to Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, and Nigeria. It is a dioecious Dioecy ( ; ; adj. dioecious, ) is a characteristic of certain species that have distinct unisexual individuals, each producing either male or female gametes, either directly (in animals) or indirectly (in seed plants). Dioecious reproduction is ... tree. References Simaroubaceae Monotypic Sapindales genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by Adolf Engler {{Sapindales-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Picrolemma
''Picrolemma'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Simaroubaceae. They are small dioecious Dioecy ( ; ; adj. dioecious, ) is a characteristic of certain species that have distinct unisexual individuals, each producing either male or female gametes, either directly (in animals) or indirectly (in seed plants). Dioecious reproduction is ... shrubs. Its native range is Southern Tropical America. Species: *'' Picrolemma huberi'' *'' Picrolemma sprucei'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q6075166 Simaroubaceae Sapindales genera Dioecious plants Flora of Southern America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castela
''Castela'' is a genus of thorny shrubs and small trees in the family Simaroubaceae. Members of the genus are native to the Americas, especially the tropical regions. The generic name honours the French naturalist René Richard Louis Castel. ''Castela'' is dioecious Dioecy ( ; ; adj. dioecious, ) is a characteristic of certain species that have distinct unisexual individuals, each producing either male or female gametes, either directly (in animals) or indirectly (in seed plants). Dioecious reproduction is ..., with male and female flowers on separate plants. Species There are 17 accepted species:"''Castela'' Turpin". ''Plants of the World Online'', Kew Science. Accessed 6 October 2021. *'' Castela calcicola'' (Britton & Small) Ekman ex Urb. *'' Castela coccinea'' Griseb. *'' Castela depressa'' Turpin *'' Castela emoryi'' (A.Gray) Moran & Felger – Crucifixion thorn *'' Castela erecta'' Turp. – Goatbush *'' Castela galapageia'' – Bitterbush *'' Castela jacq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sapindales
Sapindales is an order of flowering plants. Well-known members of Sapindales include citrus; maples, horse-chestnuts, lychees and rambutans; mangos and cashews; frankincense and myrrh; mahogany and neem. The APG III system of 2009 includes it in the clade malvids (in rosids, in eudicots) with the following nine families: * Anacardiaceae * Biebersteiniaceae *Burseraceae * Kirkiaceae * Meliaceae * Nitrariaceae (including Peganaceae and Tetradiclidaceae) *Rutaceae *Sapindaceae * Simaroubaceae The APG II system of 2003 allowed the optional segregation of families now included in the Nitrariaceae. In the classification system of Dahlgren the Rutaceae were placed in the order Rutales, in the superorder Rutiflorae (also called Rutanae). The Cronquist system of 1981 used a somewhat different circumscription, including the following families: *Staphyleaceae * Melianthaceae * Bretschneideraceae * Akaniaceae *Sapindaceae * Hippocastanaceae * Aceraceae *Burseraceae * Anaca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homalolepis
''Homalolepis'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Simaroubaceae The Simaroubaceae, also known as the quassia family, are a small, mostly tropical, family in the order Sapindales. In recent decades, it has been subject to much taxonomic debate, with several small families being split off. A molecular phyloge .... Its native range is Costa Rica to South Tropical America. Species: *'' Homalolepis arenaria'' *'' Homalolepis bahiensis'' *'' Homalolepis cavalcantei'' *'' Homalolepis cedron'' *'' Homalolepis cuneata'' *'' Homalolepis docensis'' *'' Homalolepis ferruginea'' *'' Homalolepis floribunda'' *'' Homalolepis glabra'' *'' Homalolepis guajirensis'' *'' Homalolepis insignis'' *'' Homalolepis intermedia'' *'' Homalolepis maiana'' *'' Homalolepis morettii'' *'' Homalolepis paraensis'' *'' Homalolepis planaltina'' *'' Homalolepis pohliana'' *'' Homalolepis praecox'' *'' Homalolepis pumila'' *'' Homalolepis rigida'' *'' Homalolepis rotun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
