Contains 13 genera and 25 accepted taxa overall.
This family is completely databased for all specimens.
Characteristics
SAPINDACEAE
Dicot
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Classification
SAPINDALES
SAPINDACEAE
Genera
| Genus | Common Name | Taxa Count | Herbarium Specimens | Photos |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acer | MAPLE | 5 | ||
| Aesculus | BUCKEYE | 1 | ||
| Cardiospermum | HEARTSEED | 3 | ||
| Cupania | CUPANIA | 1 | ||
| Cupaniopsis | CARROTWOOD | 1 | ||
| Dimocarpus | LONGAN | 1 | ||
| Dodonaea | VARNISHLEAF | 2 | ||
| Exothea | EXOTHEA | 1 | ||
| Harpullia | HARPULLIA | 1 | ||
| Hypelate | HYPELATE | 1 | ||
| Koelreuteria | KOELREUTERIA | 2 | ||
| Melicoccus | MELICOCCUS | 2 | ||
| Sapindus | SOAPBERRY | 4 |
Identification Key
1. Vines, with axillary tendrils
1. Shrubs or trees, without tendrils
2
2. Leaves opposite
3
2. Leaves alternate
4
3. Leaves simple or trifoliolate or pinnately compound; fruit a samaroid schizocarp
3. Leaves palmately compound, with 5-7 leaflets; fruit a loculicidal capsule
4. Leaves simple
4. Leaves compound
5
5. Leaves trifoliolate
5. Leaves pinnately or bipinnately compound or bifoliolate
6
6. Leaves usually with 2-4 leaflets in 1-2 pairs
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6. Leaves usually with more than 4 leaflets
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7. Petiole ca. <1/3 length of the lower leaflet; petiole or rachis not winged; inflorescence branches corymbiform cymes; flowers 5-merous
7. Petiole >1/2 length of the lower leaflet; petiole or rachis sometimes winged; inflorescence branches racemose; flowers 4-merous
8. Leaves bipinnately compound
8. Leaves pinnately compound
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9. Leaflets crenate
9. Leaflets entire
10
10. Fruit a dehiscent capsule
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10. Fruit indehiscent
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11. Leaflet secondary veins spreading to ascending into a conspicuous submarginal vein; locules 1-seeded
11. Leaflet secondary veins arcuate; locules 2- to several-seeded
12. Petiole longer than rachis internodes; petiole or rachis not winged; petals not clawed, without basal scales; fruit rugose to lightly tuberculate
12. Petiole subequal to rachis internodes; petiole or rachis sometimes winged; petals clawed, with or without 1-2 basal scales; fruit smooth or nearly so