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The Kirkiaceae are a family of plants within the order of the soap tree-like (Sapindales). The six or so species are found in tropical and southern Africa and Madagascar .
description
They are trees or bushes . The alternate or spirally arranged, stalked leaves are pinnate; the leaflets are often toothed.
They are single sexed ( monoecious ). The flowers are grouped in zymose inflorescences . The small, unisexual flowers are fourfold. The bracts are divided into sepals and petals . There is only one circle with four free, fertile stamens . There is a discus. Four fruit leaves are a top permanent ovary grown. The fruit has four wings.
Systematics
In 1931 Adolf Engler established a subfamily Kirkioideae within the Simaroubaceae in The Natural Plant Families , 2nd edition. 1967 gave her poor Tachtadschjan in Sistema i Filogeniia Tsvetkovykh Rastenii , p. 321 the rank of a family Kirkiaceae. The type genus is Kirkia Oliv. The generic name Kirkia honors the Scot Sir John Kirk (1832–1922); he was a companion of David Livingstone and collected plants.
The Kirkiaceae family includes only one or two genera with about six species:
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Kirkia Oliv. : The approximately five species occur in tropical and southern Africa . Including:
- Kirkia acuminata olive. : It occurs in southern tropical Africa, in Zaire and in southern Africa.
- Kirkia wilmsii Engl .: It occurs in the Transvaal province of South Africa.
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Pleiokirkia Capuron : it contains only one species:
- Pleiokirkia leandrii Capuron : It occurs in Madagascar only in the province of Mahajanga. The wood should smell like honey.
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- The family of kirkiaceae in APWebsite. (Sections systematics and description)
- The Kirkiaceae family at DELTA. (Section description)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kirkiaceae at Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, accessed October 7, 2013.
- ↑ a b c Kirkiaceae in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
