Biology:Filicium

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Short description: Genus of Sapindaceae plants

Filicium
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Filicium decipiens as a street tree in Maui
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Subfamily: Dodonaeoideae
Tribe: Doratoxyleae
Genus: Filicium
Thwaites ex Benth. & Hook.f.[1]
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Pseudoprotorhus H.Perrier

Filicium is a genus of flowering plants in the soapberry family Sapindaceae, native to east Africa, Madagascar, India and Sri Lanka. The best known species is Filicium decipiens, which is planted as an ornamental tree.[2]

Species

Species currently accepted by The Plant List[3] are as follows:

  • Filicium decipiens (Wight & Arn.) Thwaites
  • Filicium longifolium (H.Perrier) Capuron
  • Filicium thouarsianum (DC.) Capuron

References

  1. Gen. Pl. 1: 325. (1862)
  2. Wiersema, JH; León, B (7 January 2013). World Economic Plants: A Standard Reference, Second Edition. p. 306. ISBN 9781439821428. 
  3. "Filicium". The Plant List. http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/A/Sapindaceae/Filicium. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2713124 entry