Author:
Qjure
Book:
Qjurious
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Info
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Rutaceae
English: Citrus family; Lemon family.
Genera: 150 genera, 1600 species.
Content: aromatic, fresh oils!; bitter triterpenoids; flavonoiden, phenoles; ascorbic acid, vitamin C.
DD: Oxygen; Sulphur; Silver series; Chenopodiaceae Sulphur; Vitamin C is required for the incorporation of Sulphur in the protein collagen.
Region: cosmopolitan.
Habitat: lowlands.
Use: fruits!!; medicinal; oils; ornamental, hedges; spice, perfumes; wood for timber. Rutaceae produce 25% of all fruits in the world.
Plant theory 2
Rutaceae is split in 4 subfamilies: Spathelioideae, Toddalioideae, Aurantioideae, and Galipeoideae. All are placed in the order Rutales in Phase 4.
Plant theory 1
Rutaceae was placed in Subphase 1, in the order Sapindales, in Phase 4.
Taxonomy
Rutaceae is one of the main Families in the Sapindales in the Apg3 classification.
Botany
Woody shrubs, trees, lianas.
Stem: spines.
Leaves: alternate, spiral; compound pinnate, unifoliate; exstipulate; with glandular, pellucid dots, secretory cavities!; petiole winged, rachis winged!.
Inflorescence: determinate, some indetreminate.
Flowers: 5 merous, radial; sepals 5, small; petals 5, big,white; stamens 5, free, mature before female parts; carpels 4 or 5, united; nectar disk big, around gynoecium.
Pollination: by insects.
DD Burseraceae: have resin, lack pellucid dots.
DD Meliaceae: have stamens united.
DD: Simaroubaceae: lack pellucid dots; 1 ovule.