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Cardiopteridaceae
Sign in to saveCardiopteridaceae is a eudicot family of flowering plants. It consists of about 43 species of trees, shrubs, and woody vines, mostly of the tropics, but with a few in temperate regions. It contains six genera, the largest of which is Citronella, with 21 species. The other genera are much smaller.
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Vinony's link graph records 446 inbound references to Cardiopteridaceae, and connects out to Asterids, Vitaceae and Eudicots.
Vinony files it under Asterid families, Cardiopteridaceae and Taxonbars with 20–24 taxon IDs.
Vinony links it to 28 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderCardiopteridales
- FamilyCardiopteridaceae
General: as the sole member of the Cardiopteridaceae.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 6
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Cardiopteridaceae
- Collections
- MEL, IGL-UNAM, JBRJ
- Recorded in
- Gabon, Mexico, Brasil
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Image
- Citronella moorei juvenile2.JPG
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- Commons category
- Cardiopteridaceae
- taxon rank
- family
- taxon name
- Cardiopteridaceae
- topic's main category
- Category:Cardiopteridaceae
- taxon common name
- 心翼果科
- has fruit type
- samara
- taxonomic type
- Cardiopteris
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- The family name
- Circumscription
- References
- External links
Cardiopteridaceae is a eudicot family of flowering plants. It consists of about 43 species of trees, shrubs, and woody vines, mostly of the tropics, but with a few in temperate regions. It contains six genera, the largest of which is Citronella, with 21 species. The other genera are much smaller.
Citronella mucronata is grown as an ornamental for its attractively shiny leaves and fragrant flowers. A tea is made from the leaves of Citronella gongonha which is similar to yerba mate.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cardiopteridaceae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.