Sapindaceae Juss.

First published in Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 246. 1789 [4 Aug 1789] (as "Sapindi") (1789)nom. cons.
This family is accepted

Accepted Genera

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • APG IV (2016) http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/boj.12385

The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook

  • Adema, F., Leenhouts, P. W. & van Welzen, P. C. (1994). Sapindaceae. Flora Malesiana, Ser. I, 11: 419–768. National Herbarium of the Netherlands, Leiden.
  • Davies, F. G. & Verdcourt, B. (1998). Sapindaceae. In: H. J. Beentje & C. M. Whitehouse (eds), Flora of Tropical East Africa. A. A. Balkema, Rotterdam.
  • Gentry, A. H. (1996). Anacardiaceae, pp. 219–225; Burseraceae, pp. 299–304; Euphorbiaceae, pp. 403–424; Meliaceae, pp. 613–617; Rutaceae, pp. 749–758; Sapindaceae, pp. 762–771; Simaroubaceae, pp. 783–786. In: A. H. Gentry, A Field Guide to the Families and Genera of Northwest South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru). The University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
  • Schatz, G. E. (2001). Araliaceae, p. 59; Rutaceae. pp. 345–351; Sapindaceae. pp. 360–375; Simaroubaceae. pp. 387–389. In: G. E. Schatz, Generic Tree Flora of Madagascar. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Neotropikey

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez P. & M.S. Ferrucci. (2002). Averrhoidium dalyi (Sapindaceae) a new species from western Amazonia. Brittonia 54: 112-115.
  • Acevedo-Rodríguez P., (2002). Sapindaceae. In: S. Mori, et al., Manual to the Vascular Plants of Central French Guiana. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 77: (2): 653-667.
  • Acevedo-Rodríguez P., (2003). Melicocceae (Sapindaceae). Talisia and Melicoccus. Fl. Neotrop. 87: 1-179.
  • Acevedo-Rodríguez P., (2005). Sapindaceae (excluding Paullinia) In: Steyermark, J.A., P. Berry & B. Holts (eds.) Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Timber Press.
  • Acevedo-Rodríguez P., P. van Welzen, F. Adema, and R.W.J.M. van der Ham. (submitted). Sapindaceae. In: Kubitzki et al. Family and Genera of Flowering Plants, Springer Verlag. Berlin, Heidelberg, New York.
  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. (1993). A revision of Lophostigma (Sapindaceae). Syst. Bot. 18: 379-388.
  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. (1993). Systematics of Serjania (Sapindaceae). Part I: A revision of Serjania Sect. Platycoccus. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 67: 1-93.
  • Barkley, F.A. (1957). Sapindaceae of southern South America. Lilloa 28: 112-179.
  • Beck, H.T. (1990). A survey of the useful species of Paullinia L. (Sapindaceae). Adv. Econ. Bot. 8: 41-56.
  • Croat, T.B. (1976). Sapindaceae. Flora of Panama. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 63(3): 419-540.
  • Ferrucci, M.S. (1991). Sapindaceae In: Spichiger & Ramella (Eds.), Flora del Paraguay. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Geneve & Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Ferrucci, M.S. (2000). Revision taxonómica de los géneros Cardiospermum y Urvillea para el neotropico (Sapindaceae). Ph.D. dissertation, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Argentina, 262 pp.
  • Hoehne, F.C. (1925). Sapindaceae Mattogrossenses. Archivos Bot. sao Paulo 1: 134-142.
  • Klaassen, R. K.W.M. (1999). Wood anatomy of Sapindaceae. IAWA Journal, Suppl. 2: 1-214.
  • Kramer, K.U. (1972). Studies in the New World Sapindaceae. I. Notes on the genus Talisia Aublet. Act. Bot. Neerl. 21: 671-678.
  • Kramer, K.U. (1976). Sapindaceae (additions and corrections). In: Lanjouw & A.L. Stoffers, Flora of Surinam. 2(2): 487-511.
  • Leenhouts, P.W. (1975). A conspectus of the genus Allophylus (Sapindaceae) The problem of the complex species. Blumea 15: 301-358.
  • Lippold, H. (1978). Die Gattung Dodonaea Miller (Sapindaceae) in Amerika. Wiss. Z. Friedrich-Schiller-Univ. Jena, Math.-Naturwiss. Reihe 6: 79-126.
  • MacBride, J.F. (1965). Sapindaceae in Flora of Peru. Field Mus. Pub. Bot. 13(3a): 291-391.
  • Muller, J. and P. W. Leenhouts. (1976). A general survey of pollen types in Sapindaceae in relation to taxonomy. Ppg. 407-445. In: I.K. Ferguson & J. Muller (eds.), The evolutionary significance of the exine. Linnaean Soc. Symposium Ser. 1. Academic Press, London.
  • Neto, G.G., (1996). Ocorrencia e distribuçao da Familia Sapindaceae Jussieu nos estados de Mato Grosso, Goias e Tocantins. Bol. Mus. Para emilio Goeldi, ser. Bot. 12(2): 227-236.
  • Radlkofer, L. (1890). Ueber die Gliederung der Familie der Sapindaceen. Sitzungsber. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. München 20: 105-379.
  • Radlkofer, L. (1905). Sapindaceae Costaricenses. Bull. Herb. Boissier (2 Ser.) 5: 319-328.
  • Radlkofer, L. (1931)-34. Sapindaceae. Pages 1-1539. In: A. Engler (ed.), Das Pflanzenreich IV, 165 (Heft 98a-h). Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.
  • Rambo, B. (1952). Sapindaceae Riograndenses. Anais Botanicos NR 4: 162-185.
  • Rashford, J. (2001). Those that do not smile will kill me: The ethnobotany of the Ackee in Jamaica. Econ. Bot. 55: 190-211.
  • Reitz, P. (1980). Sapindaceae in: Flora ilustrada Catarinese. 1st part.
  • Soukup, J. (1969). Las Aceraceae y Sapindaceas del Peru, sus géneros y lista de especies. Biota VIII 61: 53-68.
  • Uittien, H. (1937). Sapindaceae. In: A. Pulle, Flora of Surinam. 2(1): 345-396.
  • West, J.G. (1984). A revision of Dodonaea Miller (Sapindaceae) in Australia. Brunonia 7: 1 194.

Trees of New Guinea

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez P., van Welzen, P., Adema, F. & van der Ham, R.W.J.M. (2011). Sapindaceae. In: K. Kubitzki (ed.), The Families and Genera of Flowering Plants 10: 357–407. Springer Verlag, Berlin.
  • Adema, F., Leenhouts, P.W. & van Welzen, P.C. (1994). Sapindaceae. Fl. Males., Ser. I, Spermat. 11: 419–768.
  • Laura V.S. Jennings (2022). Trees of New Guinea. Timothy M. A. Utteridge and Laura V. S. Jennings (Eds) Kew Publishing. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • Reynolds, S.T. (1985). Sapindaceae. Fl. Australia 25: 5–164.
  • Turner, H. (1995). Cladistic and biogeographic analyses of Arytera Blume and Mischarytera gen. nov. (Sapindaceae). Blumea Supplement 9. 230 pp.

The Kew Temperate Plant Families Identification Handbook

  • Heywood, V. H., Brummitt, R. K., Culham, A. & Seberg, O. (2007). Flowering Plant Families of the World. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Johnson, O. & More, D. (2004). Tree Guide. Harper Collins Publishers, London.
  • Plants of the World Online (POWO) (2019 onwards). http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/APweb/.
  • Wu, Z. Y., Raven, P. H. & Hong, D. Y. (eds) (2007). Flora of China 12. Science Press, Beijing; Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
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  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
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  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Neotropikey

    • Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Trees of New Guinea

    • Trees of New Guinea
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • The Kew Temperate Plant Families Identification Handbook

    • The Kew Temperate Plant Families Identification Handbook
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook

    • The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0