List of Sapindaceae genera

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The fruits of Sapindus saponaria, western or wingleaf soapberry, give the family its vernacular name.

This is a list of genera in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae, which includes the soapberries (Sapindus), maples (Acer), and paullinias, amongst others. As currently circumscribed, the family contains approximatively 1900 species into over 140 genera classified into 4 subfamilies.[1]

The circumscription of Sapindaceae encompasses the former Aceraceae and Hippocastanaceae families as tribes in subfamily Hippocastanoideae. Although the classification at subfamilial level is fairly well-established, the circumscription at tribal and generic level remains only partially resolved, especially in the larger subfamily Sapindoideae, which has led the most recent revision to treat the majority of these genera without placing them in a tribe.[1] Another recent study hints at even more incongruity between traditional circumscription and molecular evidence.[2]

Changes have included the synonymization of Distichostemon with Dodonaea,[3] and Neotina and Tinopsis with Tina.[4] Additionally, not all authors agree about the broad circumscription that ensues from placing Xanthoceras as the sister group to the three traditional families as the resulting Sapindaceae sensu lato, unlike the traditional families, is difficult to characterize.[1][5] As a result, the elevation of Xanthoceroideae to family level was proposed, which would have removed six genera from Sapindaceae and Hippocastanoideae.[5]

This list follows the updated classification of Buerki et al.[6]

Subfamily Dodonaeoideae

Tribe Dodonaeae

(Kunth) DC. (1824). Type genus: Dodonaea Mill.

Tribe Doratoxyleae

Radlk. 1890. Type genus: Doratoxylon Thouars ex Hook.f.

Incertae sedis

Subfamily Hippocastanoideae

Tribe Acereae

(Durande) Dumort. (1827). Type genus: Acer L.

Tribe Hippocastaneae

(DC.) Dumort. (1827). Type genus: Aesculus L.

Subfamily Sapindoideae

Tribe Athyaneae

Acev.‐Rodr. (2017). Type genus: Athyana (Griseb.) Radlk.

Tribe Blomieae

Buerki & Callm. (2021). Type genus: Blomia Miranda

Tribe Bridgesieae

Acev.‐Rodr. (2017). Type genus: Bridgesia Bertero ex Cambess.

Tribe Cupanieae

Blume (1857). Type genus: Cupania L.

Tribe Guindilieae

Buerki, Callm. & Acev.‐Rodr. (2021). Type genus: Guindilia Gillies ex Hook. & Arn.

Tribe Haplocoeleae

Buerki & Callm. (2021). Type genus: Haplocoelum Radlk.

Tribe Koelreuterieae

Radlk. (1890). Type genus: Koelreuteria Laxm.

Tribe Melicocceae

Blume (1847). Type genus: Melicoccus P.Browne

Tribe Nephelieae

Radlk. (1890). Type genus: Nephelium L.

Tribe Paullinieae

(Kunth) DC. (1824). Type genus: Paullinia L.

Tribe Sapindeae

(Kunth) DC. (1824). Type genus: Sapindus L.

Tribe Schleichereae

Radlk. (1890). Type genus: Schleichera Willd.

Tribe Stadmanieae

Buerki & Callm. (2021). Type genus: Stadtmannia Lam. ex. Poir.

Tribe Thouiniaeae

Blume (1847). Type genus: Thouinia Poit.

Tribe Tristiropsideae

Buerki & Callm. (2021). Type genus: Tristiropsis Radlk.

Tribe Ungnadieae

Buerki & Callm. (2021). Type genus: Ungnadia Endl.

Subfamily Xanthoceratoideae

Incertae sedis

Fossil genera

Notes

References

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