Anacardiaceae
Cashew
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Sapindales Family: Anacardiaceae Lindl.
Type genus
Anacardium L.
Genera
See text.

Anacardiaceae is a family of 82^[1] genera 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. Pistachio is sometimes placed in its own family, the Pistaciaceae.

Actinocheita Anacardium (cashew) Androtium Antrocaryon Apterokarpos Astronium (=Myracrodruon) 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 Lithraea Loxopterigium Loxostylis Malosma 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

References

1. Pell, Susan Katherine (2004-02-18). Molecular Systematics of the Cashew Family (Anacardiaceae) (PhD dissertation at Louisiana State University).

External links

• Anacardiaceae in Topwalks
• Anacardiaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants.
• Family Anacardiaceae - Flowers in Israel

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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Anacardiaceae". Image Credit.

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