Simaroubaceae

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Simaroubaceae
Ailanthus altissima
Ailanthus altissima
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Sapindales
Family: Simaroubaceae
Genera

Ailanthus
Alvaradoa
Brucea
Castela
Eurycoma
Holacantha
Leitneria
Picramnia
Kirkia
Picrasma
Quassia
Simarouba

The Simaroubaceae is a small, mostly tropical, family in the order Sapindales. In recent decades it has been subject to much taxonomic debate, with several small families being split off.

The best known species is the temperate Chinese Tree-of-heaven Ailanthus altissima, which has become a cosmopolitan urban weed tree.

Other well-known genera are the tropical Quassia and Simarouba.