Cneoroideae is a subfamily of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
s that belongs to the family
Rutaceae
The Rutaceae is a family, commonly known as the rue[RUTACEAE](_blank)
in BoDD – Botanical Derm ...
. The subfamilies Dictyolomatoideae and Spathelioideae are now included in the subfamily Cneoroideae.
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Taxonomy
In 1896, Engler published a division of the family Rutaceae into seven subfamilies.[ Two of Engler's monogeneric subfamilies, Dictyolomatoideae and Spathelioideae, are now included in the subfamily Cneoroideae, along with genera Engler placed in other families.][ The subfamily name Cneoroideae is attributed to ]Philip Barker-Webb
Philip Barker Webb (10 July 1793 – 31 August 1854) was an English botanist.
Life
Webb was born to a wealthy, aristocratic family; his father was the lord of the manors of Witley and Milford, in Surrey, England. Webb was educated at Harr ...
in 1842.
Genera
Genera placed in Cneoroideae in a 2021 classification of the Rutaceae into subfamilies are:[
*'' Bottegoa'' Chiov.
*'' Cedrelopsis'' Baill.
*'' Cneorum'' L.
*'']Dictyoloma
''Dictyoloma'' is a genus of flowering plants that belongs to the family Rutaceae
The Rutaceae is a family, commonly known as the rue[Harrisonia
''Harrisonia'' is a small genus of flowering plants in the subfamily Cneoroideae of the Rutaceae (citrus family). Older taxonomic treatments have placed this genus in the Simaroubaceae.
Species
''Plants of the World Online'' currently includes:
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'' R.Br. ex A.Juss.
*''Ptaeroxylon
''Ptaeroxylon obliquum'' is the botanical name for the sneezewood tree. It is native to Southern Africa, including South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique. It is the only species in the genus ''Ptaeroxylon''.
Background
''Ptaeroxylon obliquum' ...
'' Eckl. & Zeyh.
*''Sohnreyia
''Sohnreyia'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae, native to South America (within Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Peru and Venezuela). The genus was first described by Kurt Krause in 1914.
The genus name of ''Sohnreyia'' is in honour ...
'' K.Krause
*''Spathelia
''Spathelia'' is a genus in the plant family Rutaceae, subfamily Cneoroideae. Species records are from central America and the Caribbean.
Species
''Plants of the World Online
Plants of the World Online (POWO) is an online database published b ...
'' L.
References
External links
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Rosid subfamilies