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Sapindales



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The Sapindales is an order of flowering plants included among the rosid subgroup of dicotyledons. Inclusion of the following families is now typical of newer taxonomic schemes:

Under the older Cronquist system, some genera of Sapindaceae were placed in separate families (Aceraceae and Hippocastanaceae), and the following families were included in the Sapindales:

  • Family Staphyleaceae
  • Family Melianthaceae
  • Family Bretschneideraceae
  • Family Akaniaceae
  • Family Julianiaceae
  • Family Cneoraceae
  • Family Zygophyllaceae

Species comprising the Nitrariaceae were included within the Zygophyllaceae, and those in the Kirkiaceae within the Simaroubaceae.


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