Spermatophyta: Dicotyledonae: Archichlamydeae: Sapindales

Rutaceae - Citrus family

Mendonça, F. A. (1963) Rutaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1)

Description of the family

Armed or unarmed trees or shrubs, sometimes climbing, rarely suffrutices or perennial herbs (Thamnosma only). Stipules 0. Leaves opposite or alternate, simple or compound, often aromatic when crushed, dotted with translucent glands which may be confined to the margin only, usually readily visible when the leaf is held up to the light. Inflorescence a panicle, raceme or cluster. Flowers bisexual or unisexual, (2-)4-5-merous. Petals free. Stamens as many as or twice the number of petals, inserted at base of disk. Ovary composed of a single carpel or of 2-5(-7) partially or wholly united carpels, superior or semi-inferior. Fruit baccate or drupaceous, 1-4-locular or a capsule or rarely a 1-seeded follicle.

Worldwide: 153 genera and 1,800 species, cosmopolitan, but especially in tropical areas.

Malawi: 10 genera and 18 taxa.

Insects associated with this family:

Papilio nireus (Green-banded swallowtail)
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Links to genera:     View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this family

GenusContent
Calodendrum Thunb.Description
Citrus L.Description
Clausena Burm. f.Description
Fagaropsis Mildbr. ex Siebenl.Description
Harrisonia R. Br. ex A. Juss.Description, Image
Oricia Pierre
Teclea Delile
Toddalia Juss.Description, Image
Vepris Comm. ex A. Juss.Description
Zanthoxylum L.Description

Other sources of information about Rutaceae:

Our websites:

Flora of Botswana: Rutaceae
Flora of Caprivi: Rutaceae
Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Rutaceae
Flora of Malawi: cultivated Rutaceae
Flora of Mozambique: Rutaceae
Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Rutaceae
Flora of Zambia: Rutaceae
Flora of Zambia: cultivated Rutaceae
Flora of Zimbabwe: Rutaceae
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Rutaceae

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Rutaceae
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Rutaceae
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Rutaceae
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Rutaceae
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Rutaceae
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Rutaceae
JSTOR Plant Science: Rutaceae
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Rutaceae
Wikipedia: Rutaceae
Plants of the World Online: Rutaceae
Tropicos: Rutaceae



Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Malawi: Family page: Rutaceae.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/family.php?family_id=199, retrieved 19 March 2024

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