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The '''''Hippocastanaceae''''' are a small family, with as the most important genus ''[[Aesculus]]'' (the horsechestnuts), which today is taken to include ''Pavia'' (the buckeyes). However, the American genus ''Billia'' and the Chinese species ''Handeliodendron bodinieri'' should also be members of the family. A feature of the family is the palmate compound leaves. |
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The family is closely related to the large, mostly tropical family ''Sapindaceae'' and these days it is fashionable to plead for inclusion of both ''Aceraceae'' and ''Hippocastanaceae'' in ''Sapindaceae'' s.l. Best evidence so far shows each of these two smaller families to be monophyletic (i.e. these are "good" groups) and to be basal to ''Sapindaceae''. Inclusion (or not) is a matter of taxonomic style, rather than of hard fact. |
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===External links=== |
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[http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/hippocas.htm ''Hippocastanaceae''] in L.Watson and M.J.Dallwitz. 1992 onwards. The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval. @ delta-intkey.com. |
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Revision as of 16:49, 29 September 2005
The Hippocastanaceae are a small family, with as the most important genus Aesculus (the horsechestnuts), which today is taken to include Pavia (the buckeyes). However, the American genus Billia and the Chinese species Handeliodendron bodinieri should also be members of the family. A feature of the family is the palmate compound leaves.
The family is closely related to the large, mostly tropical family Sapindaceae and these days it is fashionable to plead for inclusion of both Aceraceae and Hippocastanaceae in Sapindaceae s.l. Best evidence so far shows each of these two smaller families to be monophyletic (i.e. these are "good" groups) and to be basal to Sapindaceae. Inclusion (or not) is a matter of taxonomic style, rather than of hard fact.
External links
Hippocastanaceae in L.Watson and M.J.Dallwitz. 1992 onwards. The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval. @ delta-intkey.com.