List of Sapindaceae genera
Encyclopedia
There are approximatively 140 genera
in the family Sapindaceae
. Several of the genera in this list (e.g. Negundo) are treated as synonyms of others by most botanists.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
in the family Sapindaceae
Sapindaceae
Sapindaceae, also known as the soapberry family, is a family of flowering plants in the order Sapindales. There are about 140-150 genera with 1400-2000 species, including maple, horse chestnut and lychee....
. Several of the genera in this list (e.g. Negundo) are treated as synonyms of others by most botanists.
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- AcerMapleAcer is a genus of trees or shrubs commonly known as maple.Maples are variously classified in a family of their own, the Aceraceae, or together with the Hippocastanaceae included in the family Sapindaceae. Modern classifications, including the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group system, favour inclusion in...
- AesculusAesculusThe genus Aesculus comprises 13-19 species of woody trees and shrubs native to the temperate northern hemisphere, with 6 species native to North America and 7-13 species native to Eurasia; there are also several hybrids. Species are deciduous or evergreen...
- AlectryonAlectryon (genus)Alectryon is a genus of trees in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae. The genus is distributed across Australasia, Micronesia and Southeast Asia. The genus is found in a wide variety of environments from rainforests and gallery forests to arid savannas and heaths.Species height varies form low shrubs...
- AllophylusAllophylusAllophylus is a genus of plants in the family Sapindaceae. This list of species is incomplete:* Allophylus agbala Hauman* Allophylus aldabricus Radlk.* Allophylus bullatus Radlk.* Allophylus chirindensis Baker f....
- Allosanthus
- Alphania
- AmesiodendronAmesiodendronAmesiodendron is a genus of plant in family Sapindaceae. It contains the following species :* Amesiodendron chinense, Hu...
- Aporrhiza
- Arfeuillea
- AryteraAryteraArytera is a genus of 25 species of trees and shrubs in the soapberry family Sapindaceae. They are distributed across the Philippines, Indonesia, New Guinea, New Caledonia and Australia....
- AtalayaAtalaya (plant)Atalaya is a genus of 11 species of shrubs and trees in the soapberry family Sapindaceae. They are primarily Australian with two other species extending to tropical Africa and Malesia....
- AthyanaAthyanaAthyana is a genus of plant in family Sapindaceae. It contains the following species :* Athyana weinmannifolia, Radlk....
- Averrhoidium
B
- Beguea
- BilliaBilliaBillia is a genus of two species of tree native to the Americas, from central Mexico to Ecuador. The wood is used in carpentry....
- Bizonula
- BlighiaBlighiaBlighia is a genus of four species of flowering plants in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae, native to tropical Africa from Guinea east to Kenya. The fruit is partly edible, with the Ackee being grown commercially for fruit production...
- Blighiopsis
- Blomia
- BridgesiaBridgesiaBridgesia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Sapindaceae. The sole species, Bridgesia incisifolia, is a shrub native to South America in Chile.----...
C
- Calothyrsus
- CamptolepisCamptolepisCamptolepis is a genus of plant in family Sapindaceae. It contains the following species :* Camptolepis ramiflora, Radjk....
- CardiospermumCardiospermumCardiospermum is a genus of approximately 14 species in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae, which are native to the American, Indian, and African tropics...
- CastanosporaCastanosporaCastanospora is a monotypic genus of tree in the soapberry family Sapindaceae. It is native to the rainforests of southeatern Queensland and northern New South Wales in Australia....
- Chonopetalum
- Chouxia
- Chytranthus
- Conchopetalum
- Cossinia
- Cubilia
- CupaniaCupaniaCupania is a plant genus in the family Sapindaceae.-List of species:* C. alternifolia* C. americana* C. glabra* C. guatemalensis* C. vernalis-See also:* List of plants of Atlantic Forest vegetation of Brazil...
- CupaniopsisCupaniopsisCupaniopsis is a genus of about 60 species of shrubs and trees in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae. They are native to New Guinea, New Caledonia, Australia and Fiji. In Australia, they are commonly known as tuckeroos. Carrotwood Cupaniopsis is a genus of about 60 species of shrubs and trees in the...
D
- Deinbollia
- Delavaya
- Diatenopteryx
- Dictyoneura
- Dilodendron
- DimocarpusDimocarpusDimocarpus is a genus of about 20 species of flowering plants in the soapberry family Sapindaceae, native to tropical southeast Asia and northern Australasia, from Sri Lanka and southern China south to northern Queensland. The fruit is edible, with the Longan Dimocarpus is a genus of about 20...
- DiploglottisDiploglottisDiploglottis is a genus of 10 species of tree in the soapberry family Sapindaceae. Eight of the species are found in eastern Australia, primarily as a rainforest tree and the other two are in eastern Malesia and New Caledonia...
- Diplokelepa
- DiplopeltisDiplopeltisDiplopeltis, commonly known as Pepperflower, is a genus of flowering plants in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae. Species include:*Diplopeltis eriocarpa Hemsl. - Hairy Pepperflower*Diplopeltis huegelii Endl....
- DipteroniaDipteroniaDipteronia is a genus of two living and one extinct species, regarded in the soapberry family Sapindaceae sensu lato after Angiosperm Phylogeny Group and more recently )or traditionally by several authors in Aceraceae, related to the maples.They are deciduous flowering shrubs or small trees,...
- Distichostemon
- DodonaeaDodonaeaDodonaea is a genus of about 70 species of flowering plants in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae, with a cosmopolitan distribution in tropical, subtropical and warm temperate regions of Africa, the Americas, southern Asia and Australasia. By far the highest species diversity is in Australia...
- Doratoxylon
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- ElattostachysElattostachysElattostachys is a genus of 13 trees in the soapberry family Sapindaceae. They are found in the Philippines, Indonesia, New Guinea, Australia and the Pacific Islands....
- Eriocoelum
- ErythrophysaErythrophysaErythrophysa is a genus of plant in family Sapindaceae. It contains the following species :* Erythrophysa alata, Hutch.* Erythrophysa belini* Erythrophysa sakalava, Capuron...
- EuchoriumEuchoriumEuchorium is a genus of plant in family Sapindaceae. It contains the following species :* Euchorium cubense, Ekman & Radlk....
- Euphorianthus
- EurycorymbusEurycorymbusEurycorymbus is a genus of plant in family Sapindaceae. It contains the following species :* Eurycorymbus cavaleriei, Rehder & Hand.-Mazz....
- Exothea
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- Ganophyllum
- GlennieaGlennieaGlenniea is a genus of plant in family Sapindaceae. It contains the following species :* Glenniea penangensis, Leenhouts* Glenniea unijuga, Radlk....
- GloeocarpusGloeocarpusGloeocarpus is a genus of plant in family Sapindaceae. It contains the following species :* Gloeocarpus patentivalvis, Radlk....
- Gongrodiscus
- GongrospermumGongrospermumGongrospermum is a genus of plant in family Sapindaceae. It contains the following species :* Gongrospermum philippinense, Radlk....
- Guindilia
- GuioaGuioaGuioa is a genus of 78 species of tree in the soapberry family Sapindaceae. They have a wide distribution, ranging from Malesia, down to the east coast of Australia and out into the Pacific Islands.They are characterised by having hairy new growth...
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- HandeliodendronHandeliodendronHandeliodendron consists of a single species of deciduous tree/shrub native to China, and is classified as rare.- Description :It grows up to 15 meters tall, and grows in mountain areas characterized by irregular limestone formations in Guangxi and Guizhou...
- HaplocoelumHaplocoelumHaplocoelum is a genus of plant in family Sapindaceae. It contains the following species :* Haplocoelum trigonocarpum, Radlk....
- HarpulliaHarpulliaHarpullia is a genus of 37 species of small to medium-sized trees in the soapberry family Sapindaceae. It was first defined by Scottish botanist William Roxburgh in 1824. They have a wide distribution ranging from India eastwards into the Pacific Ocean...
- Hippobromus
- Hornea
- Houssayanthus
- Hypelate
- Hypseloderma
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- Laccodiscus
- LecaniodiscusLecaniodiscusLecaniodiscus is a genus of plant in family Sapindaceae. It contains the following species :* Lecaniodiscus punctatus, J.B. Hall...
- LepideremaLepideremaLepiderema is a genus of 8 species of tree in the soapberry family Sapindaceae. They are predominantly Australian with two species extending to New Guinea. In Australia, they are found in rainforests along the east coast of New South Wales and Queensland....
- Lepidopetalum
- LepisanthesLepisanthesLepisanthes is a genus of 24 species of trees or shrubs native to tropical Africa, south and southeast Asia, Australia, and Madagascar.It includes plants which are by others classified in the genera Aphania, Erioglossum, and Otophora....
- Litchi
- Llagunoa
- Lophostigma
- Loxodiscus
- Lychnodiscus
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- Macphersonia
- MagoniaMagonia (plant)Magonia is a botanical genus including 28 species of flowering plants in the Sapindaceae family.-Selected species:*Magonia amentacea*Magonia apetala*Magonia brachysepala*Magonia brachystachya*Magonia carpinodes...
- Majidea
- Matayba
- MelicoccusMelicoccusMelicoccus is a genus of ten species of flowering plants in the family Sapindaceae, native to tropical regions of northern and western South America....
- MischocarpusMischocarpusMischocarpus is a genus of 15 species of tree in the soapberry family Sapindaceae. They are found in both Australia and Malesia. The Australian species are found in the rainforests of New South Wales and Queensland.-References:...
- Molinaea
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- Pancovia
- PappeaPappeaPappea capensis is a South African tree in the family Sapindaceae. It is the only species in the genus Pappea.- Common names: :include Jacket plum, Indaba tree and bushveld cherry...
- ParanepheliumParanepheliumParanephelium is a genus of plant in family Sapindaceae. It contains the following species :* Paranephelium hainanensis, H.S. Lo...
- PaulliniaPaulliniaPaullinia is a genus of flowering shrubs, small trees and lianas in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae, native to tropical South America, Central America and the Caribbean....
- Pavieasia
- Pentascyphus
- Phyllotrichum
- PlacodiscusPlacodiscusPlacodiscus is a genus of plant in family Sapindaceae. It contains the following species :* Placodiscus attenuatus, J.B. Hall* Placodiscus bancoensis, Aubrev. & Pellegr.* Placodiscus boya, Aubrev...
- Plagioscyphus
- Podonephelium
- Pometia
- Porocystis
- Pseudima
- Pseudopancovia
- Pseudopteris
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- SapindusSapindusSapindus is a genus of about five to twelve species of shrubs and small trees in the Lychee family, Sapindaceae, native to warm temperate to tropical regions in both the Old World and New World. The genus includes both deciduous and evergreen species. Members of the genus are commonly known as...
- SarcopteryxSarcopteryxSarcopteryx is a genus of plants in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae. They occur in Australia, New Guinea and the Moluccas.They are trees with saponin in the bark. Leaves and twigs hairy. Plants have polygamous flowers....
- Sarcotoechia
- Schleichera
- Scyphonychium
- SerjaniaSerjaniaSerjania is a genus of flowering plants in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae. The name honours either French monk Philippe Sergeant or French friar Paul Serjeant.-Selected species:-Formerly placed here:...
- SinoradlkoferaSinoradlkoferaSinoradlkofera is a genus of plant in family Sapindaceae. It contains the following species :* Sinoradlkofera minor, Meyer...
- Sisyrolepis
- Smelophyllum
- Stadmania
- Stocksia
- Storthocalyx
- Synima
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- TalisiaTalisiaTalisia is a genus of 52 species of flowering plants in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae, native to tropical regions of the Americas. The genus is closely related to Melicoccus, with some species sometimes included in that genus....
- Thinouia
- Thouinia
- Thouinidium
- TinaTina (plant)Tina is a genus of tropical trees in the soapberry family Sapindaceae, native to Africa and Madagascar.Selected species...
- Tinopsis
- ToechimaToechimaToechima is a genus of eight species of small to medium-sized trees in the soapberry family Sapindaceae. Five are endemic to Australia, one is endemic to New Guinea, and one occurs on both land masses. In Australia they occur in New South Wales and Queensland....
- Toulicia
- Trigonachras
- Tripterodendron
- Tristira
- TristiropsisTristiropsisTristiropsis is a genus of flowering plants in the soapberry family Sapindaceae.-Selected species:*Tristiropsis acutangula Radlk.*Tristiropsis canarioides Boerl....
- Tsingya
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- Zanha
- ZollingeriaZollingeriaZollingeria is a genus of plant in family Sapindaceae.Species include:* Zollingeria borneensis Adema* Zollingeria dongnaiensis Pierre...