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Quillajaceae

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Quillajaceae
Quillaja brasiliensis
Quillaja brasiliensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Quillajaceae
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Genera

Quillajaceae is a family of flowering plants. It contains only two extant species, Quillaja brasiliensis and Quillaja saponaria,[1] and one fossil species, Dakotanthus cordiformis.[2]

Quillaja saponaria at Jardí Botànic de Barcelona

References

  1. ^ Watson, L., and Dallwitz, M.J. 1992 onwards. The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval. Version: 12th July 2018.
  2. ^ Manchester, Steven R.; Dilcher, David L.; Judd, Walter S.; Corder, Brandon; Basinger, James F. (2018-06-01). "Early Eudicot flower and fruit: Dakotanthus gen. nov. from the Cretaceous Dakota Formation of Kansas and Nebraska, USA". Acta Palaeobotanica. 58 (1): 27–40. doi:10.2478/acpa-2018-0006. ISSN 2082-0259.