Anacardiaceae R.Br.

First published in Narr. Exped. Zaire 431. 1818 [5 Mar 1818] , as 'Anacardeae' (1818)nom. cons.
This family is accepted

Accepted Genera

Classification

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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

  • Ding Hou (1978). Anacardiaceae. Flora Malesiana, Ser. I, 8: 395–548. National Herbarium of the Netherlands, Leiden.
  • 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.
  • Kokwaro, J. O. (1986). Anacardiaceae. In: R. M. Polhill, Flora of Tropical East Africa. A. A. Balkema, Rotterdam.
  • van Balgooy, M. M. J. (1998). Malesian Seed Plants Vol 2 — Portraits of Tree Families. pp. 25–27.

Neotropikey

  • Mitchell, J. D. (1990). The poisonous Anacardiaceae genera of the world. Advances in Economic Botany 8: 103-129.
  • Mitchell, J. D. (2004). Anacardiaceae. In Smith, N., S. A. Mori, A. Henderson, D. W. Stevenson, and S. V. Heald (eds.) Flowering Plants of the Neotropics. pgs. 14-16, Princeton  University Press, Princeton, NJ, USA.
  • Mitchell, J. D., and S. A. Mori. (1987). The cashew and its relatives (Anacardium: Anacardiaceae). Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 42: 1-76.
  • Pell, S. K., J. D. Mitchell, T. Lobova, and A. J. Miller. In press. Anacardiaceae. In K. Kubitzki (Ed.), The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants. Springer.
  • Ribeiro, J.E.L.S., Hopkins, M.J.G., Vicentini, A., Sothers, C.A., Costa, M.A.S., Brito, J.M., Souza, M.A.D., Martins, L.H.P., Lohmann, L.G., Assunção, P.A.C.L., Pereira, E.C., Silva, C.F., Mesquita, M.R. & Procópio, L.C. (1999). Flora da Reserva Ducke: Guia de identificação das plantas vasculares de uma floresta de terra firme na Amazônia Central. INPA, Manaus. 816 pp.
  • Wannan, B. S., and C. Quinn. (1990). Pericarp structure and generic affinities in the Anacardiaceae. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 102: 225-252.
  • Wannan, B. S., and C. Quinn. (1991). Floral structure and evolution in the Anacardiaceae. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 107: 349-85. Various Neotropical floras are important as well. These include, among others: Flora de Nicaragua, Guide to the Vascular Plants of Central French Guiana, Flora of Baja California, and Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana.

Trees of New Guinea

  • Ding Hou. (1978). Anacardiaceae. Fl. Males., Ser. I, Spermat. 8: 395–548.
  • Kostermans, A.J.G.H. & Bompard, J.M. (1993). The Mangoes: Their Botany, Nomenclature, Horticulture and Utilization. Academic Press, London.
  • Laura V.S. Jennings & Timothy M.A. Utteridge (2022). Trees of New Guinea. Timothy M. A. Utteridge and Laura V. S. Jennings (Eds) Kew Publishing. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • Pell, S.K., Mitchell, J.D., Miller, A.J. & Lobova, T.A. (2011). Anacardiaceae. In: K. Kubitzki (ed.), The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 10: 7–50. Springer Verlag, Berlin.
  • Yi, T., Miller, A.J. & Wen, J. (2007). Phylogeny of Rhus (Anacardiaceae) Based on Sequences of Nuclear Nia-i3 Intron and Chloroplast trnC-trnD

Flora of Somalia

  • Cuf. Enum.: 466–476
  • Fl. Eth. 3: 513–532 (1990).
  • Fl. Trop. E. Afr. (1986)
  • Flora Somalia, Vol 2, (1999) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

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.
  • Mitchell, J. (1990). The poisonous Anacardiaceae genera of the World. Advances in Economic Botany 8: 103–129. New York Botanical Garden Press, New York.
  • 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/.

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 Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • 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
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • 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