Anacardiaceae
Anacardiaceae R.Br., Narr. Exped. Zaire 431. 1818. nom. cons. 'Cashew Family'
Characteristic Features:
Trees, shrubs, lianas or perennial herbs with resin ducts
Flowers usually pentamerous
Ovary seated on a nectariferous disc, bear one ovule per carpel
Fruit a drupe with resinous mesocarp
Diversity of the Family:
World- 80 genera 2,258 species (ThePlant List 2013); 75 genera 1,600 species (Christenhusz & Byng 2016); 72 genera 1825 species (Mabberley 2017); 80 genera, 916 species (CoL 2021)
India - 5 genera 24 species (Karthikeyan et al. 2009); 24 genera, 73 species (BSI, 2021)
Indian Himalaya- 16 genera, 26 species (Singh et al. 2019)
Uttarakhand - 8 genera 15 species (Uniyal et al. 2007)
General Characters:
Anacardiaceae in POWO 2021 (Plants of the World Online)
Anacardiaceae in Wikipedia
Systematic Position of Family in Different Systems of Classifications:
Systematic position in 2-Superkingdom, 7-Kingdom classification of Ruggiero et al. (2015)
Super Kingdom- Eukaryota, Kingdom- Plantae, Subkingdom- Viridiplantae, Infrakingdom- Streptophyta, Superphylum- Embryophyta, Phylum- Tracheophyta, Subphylum- Spermatophytina, Superclass- Angiospermae, Class- Magnoliopsida, Superorder-Lilianae, Order- Asparagales
Bentham & Hooker (1862-83)
Class : Dicotyledons
Subclass : Polypetalae
Series : Disciflorae
Orders : Sapindales
Engler & Prantl (1887-1915)
Kingdom : Plantae
Division : Embryophyta Siphonogama
Subdivision: Angiospermae
Class : Dicotyledoneae
Subclass : Archichlamydeae
Order : Sapindales
Hutchinson (1973)
Phylum : Angiospermae
Subphylum : Dicotyledones
Division : Lignosae
Order : Sapindales
Cronquist (1988)
Division : Magnoliophyta
Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Rosidae
Order : Sapindales
Thorne & Reveal (2007)
Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Malvidae
Super Order: Rutanae
Order : Rutales
Takhtajan (2009)
Phylum : Magnoliophyta
Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Rosidae
Super Order : Rutanae
Order : Rutales
Reveal (2012)
Class : Equisetopsida
Subclass : Magnoliidae
Super Order : Myrtanae
Order : Sapinndales
Suborder : Sapindineae
APG-IV (2016)
Clade : Angiosperms
Clade : Eudicots
Clade : Core Eudicots
Clade : Superrosids
Clade : Rosids
Clade : Malvids
Order : Sapindales
Shipunov (2020)
Class : Angiospermae
Subclass : Rosidae
Super Order: Malvanae
Order : Sapindales
Suborder : Sapindineae
Genera & Species in Pantnagar
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~~~Wild Flora~~~
Lannea coromandelica (Houtt.) Merr.
Lannea coromandelica (Houtt.) Merr. (in flowering)
