Sapindales
E25707
Sapindales is an order of flowering plants that includes economically and ecologically important trees and shrubs such as mangoes, citrus, maples, and cashews.
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant order
→
taxonomic rank → |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
→
surface form: "Angiosperms"
Eudicots → Rosids → |
| class | Magnoliopsida → |
| commonIn |
subtropical regions
→
temperate regions → tropical regions → |
| contains |
Anacardiaceae
→
Biebersteiniaceae → Burseraceae → Kirkiaceae → Meliaceae → Nitrariaceae → Rutaceae → Sapindaceae → Simaroubaceae → Tetradiclidaceae → |
| distribution | cosmopolitan → |
| division | Magnoliophyta → |
| ecologicalRole |
contributors to forest canopy structure
→
dominant components of many tropical forests → providers of food for wildlife → |
| economicImportance |
source of fruit crops
→
source of medicinal plants → source of ornamental trees and shrubs → source of resins and gums → source of timber → |
| includes |
cashew tree
→
citrus trees → frankincense-producing trees → grapefruit tree → horse chestnut trees → lemon tree → lime tree → longan tree → lychee tree → mahogany trees → mango tree → maple trees → myrrh-producing trees → neem tree → orange tree → pistachio tree → soapberry trees → |
| kingdom | Plantae → |
| namedBy | Antoine Laurent de Jussieu → |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 → |
| previouslyClassifiedIn | Dicotyledones → |
| recognizedBy | APG IV system → |
| subclade | Malvids → |
| taxonomicRank | order → |
| typeOf | order of flowering plants → |
| yearDescribed | 1789 → |
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form: "Hesperethusa crenulata"