Acronychia

Acronychia
Acronychia pedunculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Subfamily: Zanthoxyloideae
Genus: Acronychia
J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Species

See text.

Synonyms
  • Cyminosma Gaertn. nom. illeg.
  • Errerana Kuntze nom. illeg.
  • Jambolifera L. nom. rej.
  • Pleiococca F.Muell.

Acronychia is a genus of about fifty species of plants in the rue family Rutaceae. The leaves are simple or pinnate, and the flowers bisexual with four sepals, four petals and eight stamens. They have a broad distribution including in India, Malesia, Australia and the islands of the western Pacific Ocean. About twenty species are endemic to Australia.

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