Dodonaea

Dodonaea
Dodonaea viscosa foliage and flowers
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Sapindaceae
Subfamily:	Dodonaeoideae
Genus:	Dodonaea Mill.[1]
Species
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Dodonaea is a genus of about 70 species of flowering plants in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae, with a cosmopolitan distribution in tropical, subtropical and warm temperate regions of Africa, the Americas, southern Asia and Australasia. By far the highest species diversity is in Australia. The genus is named after Rembert Dodoens, also known as Rembertus Dodonaeus.

They are shrubs and small trees growing to 1–5 metres (3.3–16 ft) tall. The leaves are alternate, simple or pinnate. The flowers are produced in short racemes. The fruit is a capsule, often with two or three wings. Dodonaea species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Aenetus eximia and Aenetus ligniveren.

Species

• Dodonaea adenophora Miq.
• Dodonaea amblyophylla Diels
• Dodonaea aptera Miq. – Coast Hop-bush (Western Australia)
• Dodonaea baueri Endl.
• Dodonaea bilobaJ.G.West
• Dodonaea boroniifolia G.Don
• Dodonaea bursariifolia F.Muell.
• Dodonaea caespitosa Diels
• Dodonaea camfieldii Maiden & Betche
• Dodonaea ceratocarpa Endl.
• Dodonaea concinna Benth.
• Dodonaea coriacea (Ewart & O.B.Davies) McGill.
• Dodonaea divaricata Benth.
• Dodonaea ericifolia G.Don
• Dodonaea ericoides Miq.
• Dodonaea falcataJ.G.West
• Dodonaea filifoliaHook.
• Dodonaea filiformis Link
• Dodonaea glandulosaJ.G.West
• Dodonaea hackettiana W.Fitzg.
• Dodonaea heteromorphaJ.G.West
• Dodonaea hexandra F.Muell.
• Dodonaea hirsuta Maiden & Betche
• Dodonaea humifusa Miq.
• Dodonaea humilis Endl.
• Dodonaea inaequifolia Turcz.
• Dodonaea intricataJ.G.West
• Dodonaea lanceolata F.Muell.
• Dodonaea larreoides Turcz.
• Dodonaea lobulata F.Muell.
• Dodonaea macrossanii F.Muell. & Scort.
• Dodonaea madagascariensis Radlk.
• Dodonaea megazyga (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth.
• Dodonaea microzyga F.Muell.
• Dodonaea multijuga G.Don.
• Dodonaea oxyptera F.Muell.
• Dodonaea pachyneura F.Muell.
• Dodonaea peduncularis Lindl.
• Dodonaea petiolaris F.Muell.
• Dodonaea physocarpa F.Muell.
• Dodonaea pinifolia Miq.
• Dodonaea pinnata Sm.
• Dodonaea platyptera F.Muell.
• Dodonaea polyandra Merr. & L.M.Perry
• Dodonaea polyzyga F.Muell.
• Dodonaea procumbens F.Muell.
• Dodonaea ptarmicifolia Turcz.
• Dodonaea rhombifolia N.A.Wakef.
• Dodonaea rigida J.G.West
• Dodonaea rupicola C.T.White
• Dodonaea serratifolia McGill.
• Dodonaea sinuolata J.G.West
• Dodonaea spatulata Sm.
• Dodonaea stenophylla F.Muell.
• Dodonaea stenozyga F.Muell.
• Dodonaea subglanduliferaJ.G.West
• Dodonaea tenuifolia Lindl.
• Dodonaea tepperi F.Muell. ex Tepper
• Dodonaea triangularis Lindl.
• Dodonaea trifida F.Muell.
• Dodonaea triquetra J.C.Wendl.
• Dodonaea truncatiales F.Muell.
• Dodonaea uncinata J.G.West
• Dodonaea vestita Hook.
• Dodonaea viscosa Jacq. (Pantropical)
  • Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustifolia (L.f.) J.G.West
  • Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustissima (DC.) J.G.West
  • Dodonaea viscosa subsp. cuneata (Sm.) J.G.West
  • Dodonaea viscosa subsp. viscosa^[2]

Formerly placed here:

• Combretum caffrum (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Kuntze (as D. caffra Eckl. & Zeyh.)^[2]

References

1. ^ "Genus: Dodonaea Mill.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2006-03-26. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?3909. Retrieved 2009-03-06. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "GRIN Species Records of Dodonaea". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?3909. Retrieved 2011-03-01. 

• "Dodonaea Mill.". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?taxon_id=8.