Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Qjurious
Type:
Info
Chapter:
3-655.55.00
Cupanoideae
655.55.00 Cupanoideae
Clade: Subfamily of the Sapindaceae
Botany: mainly tropical; need manganese; ovules sessile; embryo curved; filaments pubescent or papillose; stamens 8 or fewer; petals appendaged.
Content: cyclopropane amino acids.
Taxonomy
Sapindaceae is one of the main Families in the Sapindales in the Apg4 classification.
In the Plant theory Sapindales was placed in Phase 4. Now Sapindales is split into two: Rutales, stying in Phase 4 and Sapindales in Phase 5.
Sapindaceae was formerly placed in Subphase 4. Now it is split into 5 Subfamilies and placed in the Subphase 1 to 5.