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Cneoraceae (syn Rutaceae) 
Cneorum tricoccon Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Magnoliopsida Order: Sapindales Family: Rutaceae
Juss., 1789[1]Cneoraceae is a Mediterranean relict shrub family that evolved under tropical conditions during the Tertiary age. It is a dicot that generally favours higher altitudes and is rich in tannin. It produces both hermaphrodite and male flowers but the male flowers produce more fertile pollen, leading to a fruit.[2]
There are two genera and six species in tropical Africa, South and Southeast Asia, northern Australia, the Canary Islands, the northwestern Mediterranean, Cuba and China.
References
- ^ "Rutaceae Juss., nom. cons.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2003-01-17. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/family.pl?979. Retrieved 2009-04-11.
- ^ Anna traveset, Reproductive ecology ofCneorum tricocconL. (Cneoraceae) in the Balearic Islands, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 117, Issue 3, March 1995, Pages 221-232, ISSN 0024-4074, DOI: 10.1006/bojl.1995.0014. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6WBX-45N4P92-Y/2/213b075ff0cc9979c929e55a142ef1f6) Keywords: andromonoecy; fecundity; phenology; sex expression; western Mediterranean
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