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RUTACEAE RUE FAMILY

Lindsay P. Woodruff & James R. Shevock, except as noted


Perennial, shrub, tree, strongly aromatic, occasionally thorny.
Leaf: generally alternate, simple or compound, dotted with minute, translucent glands; stipules 0.
Inflorescence: cyme, raceme, or flowers 1, generally bracted.
Flower: generally bisexual; sepals, petals each 4 or 5, free or fused at base; sepals generally persistent; petals generally ± white or ± green; stamens generally 2–4 × petal number; ovary superior, generally lobed, chambers 1–5, ovules 1–several per chamber.
Fruit: berry, drupe, winged achene, or capsule.
Seed: generally oily.
± 158 genera, ± 1900 species: especially tropics, warm temperate, especially s Africa, Australia; used or cultivated for food (Citrus, 20–25 species), perfume, medicine, timber, ornamental (Choisya, Skimmia, etc). Some TOXIC: oils may cause sunburn or dermatitis. —Scientific Editors: Douglas H. Goldman, Bruce G. Baldwin.

Key to Rutaceae

1. Lf simple or 0

2. Lvs opposite; ovary chamber 1; fruit drupe-like ..... CNEORIDIUM

2' Lvs alternate; ovary chambers 2; fruit a capsule ..... THAMNOSMA

1' Lf deeply dissected or compound

3. Shrub or small tree; petals ± green-white, entire; fruit a round, ± flat, wing-encircled achene ..... PTELEA

3' Perennial, subshrub; petals yellow, wavy to fringed; fruit a capsule ..... RUTA

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