Anacardiaceae

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? Anacardiaceae
Image:Gui1 cashewfruit2.jpg Cashew
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Sapindales Family: Anacardiaceae Lindley
Genera
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Anacardiaceae is a family of flowering plants bearing fruits that are drupes. Some species produce the irritant urushiol. The type genus is Anacardium, the cashew. Other species included in this family are mango, poison ivy, sumac, smoke tree, and pistachio. The latter is sometimes placed in its own family, the Pistaciaceae.

Actinocheita Anacardium (cashew) Androtium Antrocaryon Apterokarpos Astronium Baronia Bonetiella Bouea Buchanania Campnosperma Cardenasiodendron Choerospondias Comocladia Cotinus (smoke tree) Cyrtocarpa Dracontomelon Drimycarpus

Ebandoua Euleria Euroschinus Faguetia Fegimanra Gluta Haematostaphis Haplorhus Harpephyllum Heeria Holigarna Koordersiodendron Lannea Laurophyllus Lithrea Loxopterigium Loxostylis Mangifera (mango)

Mauria Melanochyla Metopium Micronychia Montagueia Mosquitoxylum Nothopegia Ochoterenaea Operculicarya Ozoroa Pachycormus Parishia Pegia Pentaspadon Pistacia (pistachio) Pleiogynium Poupartia Protorhus

Pseudoprotorhus Pseudosmodingium Pseudospondias Rhodosphaera Rhus (sumac) Schinopsis Schinus (peppertree) Sclerocarya Semecarpus Smodingium Solenocarpus Sorindeia Spondias Swintonia Tapirira Thyrsodium Toxicodendron (poison-ivy) Trichoscypha

External link

• Anacardiaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants.