Description
Family Rutaceae
The Rutaceae are herbs, shrubs , and trees with glandular punctate , commonly strongly smelling herbage comprising about 150 genera and 1,500 species that are further characterized by the common occurrence of spines and winged petioles . The leaves are alternate or opposite, simple or palmately or pinnately compound , or sometimes heathlike or reduced to spines; stipules are absent. The flowers are often sweet-scented, nearly always bisexual , and are actinomorphic or sometimes zygomorphic. The calyx consists of 3-5 distinct or basally connate sepals and the corolla consists of 3-5 distinct or sometimes connate petals or rarely the petals are lacking. The androecium consists of distinct or sometimes connate stamens that are commonly obdiplostemonous , that is in two whorls with the outer whorl opposite the petals. However, sometimes there may be (1)3-4 whorls or rarely up to 60 stamens. The gynoecium consists of a single compound pistil of commonly 2-5 or more, often incompletely connate carpels that may be united only basally or apically, either one or an equal number of styles, and a superior ovary with usually 2-5 or more locules, each bearing 1-several axile ovules. Generally, an intrastaminal nectary disk is situated between the stamens and the ovary. The fruit is variable. -- Gerald Carr.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Subclass:
Rosidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Rutanae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Rutales
()
- Perleb, 1826
- Suborder:
Rutineae
()
- Family:
Rutaceae
()
- Durande, 1782, Nom. Cons.
- Rue Family
- Genus:
Acronychia
()
- Linnaeus, 1753
- Specific epithet:
laevis
- Forst.
- Botanical name: - Acronychia laevis Forst.
- Specific epithet:
laevis
- Forst.
- Genus:
Acronychia
(
- Family:
Rutaceae
(
- Suborder:
Rutineae
(
- Order:
Rutales
(
- Superorder:
Rutanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Publishing author : Forst. Publication : Char. Gen. 54. I. 27.An accepted name in the RHS Horticultural Database.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Acronychia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 94 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
A. aberrans · A. acidula · A. acronychioides · A. acuminata · A. albiflora · A. andrewsi · A. anomala · A. apiculata · A. arborea · A. arfakensis · A. baeuerlenii · A. baneri · A. barberi · A. baueri · A. baueri forma baueri · A. baueri forma majoriflora · A. boweriana · A. brassii · A. carrii · A. cartilaginea · A. cauliflora · A. chooreechillum · A. crassipetala · A. cunninghamii · A. cyminosma · A. dimorphocalyx · A. elliptica · A. emarginata · A. endlicheri · A. esquirolii · A. eungellensis · A. foveata · A. glauca · A. goniocarpa · A. haplophylla · A. heterophylla · A. hillii · A. imperforata · A. intermedia · A. laevis · A. laevis var. leucocarpa · A. laevis var. longiflora · A. laurifolia · A. laurina · A. ledermannii · A. leiocarpa · A. littoralis · A. lobocarpa · A. macrocalyx · A. melicopoides · A. minahassae · A. montana · A. muelleri · A. muelleriana · A. murina · A. niueana · A. normanbiensis · A. oblongifolia · A. obovata · A. octandra · A. odorata · A. oligophlebia · A. ovata · A. papuana · A. parviflora · A. pauciflora · A. pedunculata · A. petiolaris · A. porteri · A. pubescens · A. pullei · A. retusa · A. rhytidocarpa · A. richii · A. rubescens · A. rugosa · A. schistacea · A. scortechinii · A. serrata · A. similaris · A. simplicifolia · A. simplicifolia simplicifolia · A. smithii · A. suberosa · A. superba · A. tetrandra · A. trifoliata · A. trifoliolata · A. trifoliolata var. ampla · A. vestita · A. wabagensis · A. wichmannii · A. wilcoxiana · A. wisseliana
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Further Reading
- A manual of dangerous insects likely to be introduced in the United States through importations. Ed. by W. Dwight Pierce, entomologist, southern field crop insect investigations. Washington: Govt. print. off., 1918. ENG url p. 114, p. 249.
- Botanisches Zentralblatt; referierendes Organ für das Gesamtgebiet der Botanik. Jena [etc.]G. Fischer [etc.] GER url p. 105, p. 254.
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 173, p. 50.
- Jahresbericht über das Gebiet der Pflanzenkrankheiten. Berlin: P. Parey, 1907-1917. GER url p. 208, p. 236, p. 429.
- Just's botanischer jahresbericht. Systematisch geordnetes repertorium der botanischen literatur aller länder. Berlin, Gebr. Borntraeger, 1874-98; GER url p. 205, p. 392, p. 41, p. 44, p. 497, p. 532.
Notes
Contributors
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 16, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 7 providers.
- The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Jan 19, 2007.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 16, 2008:
- Australian National Herbarium (CANB)
- Herbier de l'Université Louis Pasteur: herbier de nouvelle-caledonie
- Missouri Botanical Garden
- National Herbarium of New South Wales: NSW herbarium collection
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3472557
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15825679
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:86794-3
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 770693-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1394205
