Akaniaceae

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Brassicales

Familia: Akaniaceae
Genera: Akania – Bretschneidera
Name

Akaniaceae Stapf, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, 380. (1912) nom. cons.

Type genus: Akania Hook.f. in G.Bentham & J.D.Hooker, Gen. Pl. 1: 409 (1862)

References
Primary references

Stapf, O. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, 380. (1912)
Doweld, A.B. 1996. The systematic relevance of fruit and seed anatomy and morphology of Akania (Akaniaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 120(4): 379–389. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.1996.tb00488.x Reference page.
Doweld, A.B. 1996. The carpology and taxonomic relationships of Bretschneidera (Bretschneideraceae). Acta Botanica Malacitana 21: 79–90. hdl: 10630/3916 Reference page.

Links

Stevens, P.F. 2001 onwards. Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 14, July 2017 [and more or less continuously updated since]. Online. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Akaniaceae in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 July 10. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2014. Akaniaceae. Published online. Accessed: July 10 2014.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Akaniaceae. .

Vernacular names
español: Acaniáceas
日本語: アカニア科
中文: 叠珠树科

The Akaniaceae or turnipwood family are a family of flowering plants in the order Brassicales. It comprises two genera of trees, Akania and Bretschneidera, each with a single species.[2] These plants are native to China, Vietnam, Taiwan, and eastern Australia.
Species

Akania bidwillii (turnipwood) - northeastern Australia
Bretschneidera sinensis - southern China, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam

References

Akaniaceae. Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden.
Christenhusz, M. J. M.; Byng, J. W. (2016). "The number of known plants species in the world and its annual increase". Phytotaxa. Magnolia Press. 261 (3): 201–217. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.261.3.1.