Sapindaceae

Sapindaceae Juss., Gen. Pl. 246. 1789. nom. cons. 'Soapberry Family'

Characteristic Features:

Trees, shrubs, lianas or herbaceous vines
Leaves simple, palmate, trifoliate, or pinnate
Flowers tetra or pentamerous
Nectariferous disk extrastaminal or intrastamina in position
Ovary superior, bi or tricarpellary
Seed often with an aril or fleshy seed coat

Diversity:

World- 138 genera 1,751 species (The Plant List 2013); 142 genera 1,860 species (Christenhusz & Byng 2016); 142 genera, 1850 species (Mabberely 2017); 143 genera, 1908 species (Roskov et al. 2021)
India - 21 genera 55 species (Karthikeyan 2000); 21 genera, 41 species (BSI, 2021)
Indian Himalaya- 11 genera, 24 species (Singh et al. 2019)
Uttarakhand - 6 genera 6 species (Uniyal et al. 2007), 5 genera 6 species (Pusalkar & Srivastava 2018)

General Characters:

Sapindaceae in Watson & Dallwitz (1992 onwards)
Sapindaceae in Stevens (2001 onwards)
Sapindaceae in POWO 2021 (Plants of the World Online)
Sapindaceae in Wikipedia

Systematic Position of the 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- Rosanae, Order-Sapindales

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 : Sapindales

Reveal (2012)

Class : Equisetopsida
Subclass : Magnoliidae
Super Order: Myrtanae
Order : Sapindales
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~

Sapindus mukorossi Gaertn.