Staphyleaceae Explained

Staphyleaceae is a small family of flowering plants in the order Crossosomatales, native to Europe, temperate and tropical Asia and the Americas. The largest genus Staphylea, which gives the family its name, contains the "bladdernut" trees. The family includes three genera with more than 40 known species.^[1]

Genera

Plants of the World Online currently includes:^[2]

• Dalrympelea Roxb.
• Staphylea L. (includes Euscaphis)
• Turpinia Vent.

Excluded genera

These two genera, formerly placed here, are now included in the Tapisciaceae (Huerteales) as of the APG III system (2009).

• Huertea
• Tapiscia

Notes and References

1. Christenhusz, M. J. M. . Byng, J. W. . amp . 2016 . The number of known plants species in the world and its annual increase . Phytotaxa . 261 . 201–217 . 10.11646/phytotaxa.261.3.1 . 3 . Magnolia Press . free .
2. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77126628-1 Plants of the World Online: Staphyleaceae Martinov (retrieved 7 October 2020)