Kirkiaceae

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Kirkiaceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Kirkiaceae
Takht.[1]
Genera

Kirkiaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Sapindales. It comprises two genera, Kirkia and Pleiokirkia, totalling six species. These two genera were previously placed in family Simaroubaceae, but were transferred into their own family because they produce neither quassinoids nor limonoids.

They occur along the east coast of Africa, and in Madagascar.

References

  1. Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161 (2): 105–121. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x. 

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