soapberry family
Sapindaceae
The Sapindaceae are a family of flowering plants in the order Sapindales known as the soapberry family. It contains 138 genera and 1,858 accepted species. Examples include horse chestnut, maples, ackee and lychee.
The Sapindaceae occur in temperate to tropical regions, many in laurel forest habitat, throughout the world. Many are laticiferous, i.e. they contain latex, a milky sap, and many contain mildly toxic saponins. The largest genera are Serjania, Paullinia, Allophylus and Acer.
60 branches of this family, most-observed first
maples
genusAcer
buckeyes and horse-chestnuts
genusAesculus
Hop-bushes
genusDodonaea
Koelreuteria
genusKoelreuteria
Soapberry
genusSapindus
Balloon Vines and Heartseed
genusCardiospermum
tuckeroos
genusCupaniopsis
Mexican buckeyes
genusUngnadia
Alectryon
genusAlectryon
Dimocarpus
genusDimocarpus
Paullinia
genusPaullinia
Allophylus
genusAllophylus
Serjania
genusSerjania
Jacket Plums
genusPappea
Litchi
genusLitchi
Jagera
genusJagera
Melicoccus
genusMelicoccus
Nephelium
genusNephelium
Cupania
genusCupania
Guioa
genusGuioa
Harpullia
genusHarpullia
Arytera
genusArytera
Pometia
genusPometia
Diploglottis
genusDiploglottis
Blighia
genusBlighia
Elattostachys
genusElattostachys
Filicium
genusFilicium
Atalaya
genusAtalaya
False Horsewoods
genusHippobromus
Mischocarpus
genusMischocarpus
Deinbollia
genusDeinbollia
Schleichera
genusSchleichera
Urvillea
genusUrvillea
Thouinidium
genusThouinidium
Lepisanthes
genusLepisanthes
Sarcopteryx
genusSarcopteryx
Toechima
genusToechima
Matayba
genusMatayba
Exothea
genusExothea
Billia
genusBillia
Lepiderema
genusLepiderema
Llagunoa
genusLlagunoa
Majidea
genusMajidea
Thouinia
genusThouinia
Diplopeltis
genusDiplopeltis
Mischarytera
genusMischarytera
Talisia
genusTalisia
Bridgesia
genusBridgesia
Lepidocupania
genusLepidocupania
Castanospora
genusCastanospora
Xanthoceras
genusXanthoceras
Magonia
genusMagonia
Erythrophysa
genusErythrophysa
Eurycorymbus
genusEurycorymbus
Guindilia
genusGuindilia
Hypelate
genusHypelate
Rhysotoechia
genusRhysotoechia
Cossinia
genusCossinia
Ganophyllum
genusGanophyllum
Dilodendron
genusDilodendron
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 58321.