Overview
Aceraceae is a family of also called the Maple Family. It contains two to four genera, depending upon the circumscription, of some 120 species of trees and shrubs. A common characteristic is that the leaves are opposite, and the fruit a schizocarp.1]
The maples have long been known to be closely related to the family Sapindaceae. Several taxonomists (including the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group) now include both the Aceraceae and the Hippocastanaceae in the Sapindaceae. Recent research (Harrington et al. 2005[2]) has shown that while both Aceraceae and Hippocastanaceae are monophyletic in themselves, their removal from Sapindaceae sensu lato would leave Sapindaceae sensu stricto as a paraphyletic group, particularly with reference to the genus Xanthoceras.
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Taxonomy
The Family Aceraceae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Subfamily (38): Abietoideae · Amygdaloideae · Apioideae · Asteroideae · Boraginoideae · Cactoideae · Caryophylloideae · Coliadinae · Commelinoideae · Cyrtandroideae · Epidendroideae · Ericoideae · Euphorbioideae · Faboideae · Hippocastanoideae · Hydrangeoideae · Iridoideae · Larinae · Nepetoideae · Polemonioideae · Potentilloideae · Pyroideae · Ranunculoideae · Rhinanthoideae · Rhododendroideae · Rosoideae · Ruboideae · Rutoideae · Scrophularioideae · Sedoideae · Spiraeoideae · Staticoideae ·Theoideae · Tillandsioideae · Trollioideae · Ulmoideae · Vaccinioideae · Violoideae
- Tribe (46): Abutilieae · Amygdaleae · Anemoneae · Anthemideae · Apieae · Bombini · Boragineae · Calceolarieae · Calluneae · Cassiopeae · Coreopsideae · Cymbidieae · Delphinieae · Diapensieae · Echinocereeae · Euphorbieae · Galegeae · Gratioleae · Hyacintheae · Hydrangeae · Indigofereae · Irideae · Larini · Lavanduleae · Maleae · Maxillarieae · Narcisseae · Nepeteae · Plumerieae · Polemonieae · Potentilleae · Primuleae · Ramondeae · Rhamneae · Rhododendreae · Sedeae · Sileneae · Spiraeeae · Streptocarpeae · Theeae · Tradescantieae · Tulipeae · Veroniceae · Vicieae · Violeae · Zanthoxyleae
- Genus (6): Acer · Dipteronia · Negundo · Rulac · Saccharodendron · Sacchrosphendamnus
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2,214 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in the Family Aceraceae.
Genera
Acer
Dipteronia
Dipteronia is a of two living and one extinct species, regarded in the soapberry family Sapindaceae sensu lato after Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG I 1998, APG II 2003) and more recently (Harrington et al. 2005) )or traditionally by several authors in Aceraceae, related to the maples. [more]
Negundo
Rulac
Saccharodendron
Sacchrosphendamnus
More info about the Genus Sacchrosphendamnus may be found here.
References
- ^ Aceraceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards), The families of flowering plants.
- ^ Harrington, M. G., Edwards, K. J., Johnson, S. A., Chase, M. W., & Gadek, P. A. (2005). Phylogenetic inference in Sapindaceae sensu lato using plastid matK and rbcL DNA sequences. Systematic Botany 30: 366-382. Abstract.
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