Achariaceae

Fruits of kaulifloren kind Carpotroche platyptera

The Achariaceae are a plant family of the order Malpighienartigen ( Malpighiales ). It contains about 30 genera with about 145 species. The family has a pantropical distribution.

• 3.1 Notes and references

Description

Appearance and leaves

Most members are woody plants: they grow in the form of trees and shrubs; rarely are there ( climbing ) herbaceous plants. At the branches, the leaves are alternate and spirally arranged or double row. The stalked leaves are entire or serrated.

Inflorescences, flowers, fruits and seeds

They are monoecious getrenntgeschlechtig ( monoecious ); the flowers are functionally male or female. The flowers are borne singly or in few inflorescences. The radial symmetry flowers are three to fünfzählig. The bloom is clearly divided into sepals and petals, as a special feature in clearly different number. The three to five sepals are fused in the lower part and opened already in bud stage. The three to five petals are fused bell-shaped. In the male flowers five to many free stamens are present, and the stamens are usually long. The female flowers contain a superior ovaries, consisting of three to five carpels and carries a pen with three to five scars.

The fruits are usually large. The distribution units ( diaspores ) are the seeds.

System

Here are the previous families Erythrospermaceae Doweld, Kiggelariaceae link and Pangiaceae Endl. included. Many taxa were formerly classified in the Flacourtiaceae whose other taxa today largely to the willow family ( Salicaceae ) belong.

There are about 30 genera with about 145 species (some authors there are only three genera with only three species):

• Acharia Thunb. Using only one type: Acharia tragodes Thunb.; it is found in South Africa

• Ahernia glandulosa Merr.; it occurs in the Philippines

• Baileyoxylon lanceolatum C.T.White; it occurs in Australia ( Queensland).

• Buchnerodendron lasiocalyx ( Oliv. ) Gilg; they occur in tropical Africa

• Chiangiodendron mexicanum T.Wendt; it occurs in Mexico

• Chlorocarpa pentaschista Alston; it occurs in Sri Lanka

• Dasylepis Blackii ( Oliv. ) Chipp; they occur in tropical Africa

• Eleutherandra pes - cervi Slooten; it is found in Sumatra and Borneo

• Grandidiera boivinii Jaub. ; they occur in tropical Africa

• Guthriea capensis bolus; it is found in South Africa

• Gynocardia odorata Roxb. ; it is found in India and Myanmar

• Pangium edule Raw. ; it is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, New Guinea, the Philippines, Micronesia ( Yap Islands) and in Vanuatu

• Peterodendron ovatum ( Sleumer ) Sleumer; it occurs in East Africa

• Ryparosa caesia flower; it occurs in Malaysia's

• Scaphocalyx parviflora Ridl. ; it occurs on the Malay Peninsula

• Trichadenia zeylanica Thwaites; it occurs in Sri Lanka

Swell

• The Achariaceae family in APWebsite. (English )
• David John Mabberley: The Plant-Book. A portable dictionary of the higher plants. Cambridge University Press 1987. ISBN 0-521-34060-8