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Authority - (Engl.) Fernando & Quinn | Total Number of genera - 2 |
Gymnosperm or Angiosperm? - Angiosperm | Total Number of species - 50 |
Plant forms - Trees, Shrubs |
World Distribution - Tropical America |
Comments - Listed questionably sometimes under Sapindales
Native to Central and tropical America, West Indies
The order is allied to the order Sapindales, and members of the order were formerly placed in the sapindalean family Simaroubaceae.
The most recent standard classification of the Angiosperms however (the APG III system)[1] distinguishes it as a separate order. |