ID_PLANT: SAMA4
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Sapindus marginatus
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GENUS INDEX
GENUS CODE: SAPIN GENUS SCIENTIFIC:Sapindus GENUS AUTHORITY: L. GENUS COMMON: Soapberry GENUS SUMMARY: A genus of about 10-13 species, trees, of tropical and warm temperate regions of the Old and New World. GENUS IDENTIFICATION: GENUS REFERENCES: Acevedo-Rodríguez, van Welzen, Adema, and van der Ham in Kubitzki (2011).
FAMILY INDEX
FAMILY CODE: SAPIND FAMILY SCIENTIFIC:Sapindaceae FAMILY AUTHORITY: A.L. de Jussieu 1789 FAMILY COMMON: Soapberry Family FAMILY SUMMARY: A family of about 133-141 genera and 1465-1900 species, trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs, primarily of tropical (rarely temperate) regions of the Old World and New World. APG III (2009), Acevedo-Rodríguez et al. (2011), and others have recently included Hippocastanaceae and Aceraceae in the Sapindaceae; though Buerki et al. (2010) make a well-reasoned case for recognition of the segregate and monophyletic families Xanthoceraceae, Aceraceae, Hippocastanaceae, Sapindaceae, and as more diagnosable families with long traditional usage. FAMILY REFERENCE: Acevedo-Rodríguez, van Welzen, Adema, and van der Ham in Kubitzki (2011); Buerki et al. (2009, 2010).
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Sapindus marginatus
COMMON NAME: Florida Soapberry
SYNONYMY: [= RAB, S; < S. saponaria Linnaeus var. saponaria - K; < S. saponaria - WH3]
PHENOLOGY: May-Jun.
HABITAT: Coastal marsh hammocks, shell middens.
COMMENTS: Se. SC (?) and e. GA south to c. peninsular FL (Lee and Brevard counties), and on the Gulf Coast in s. MS. Small (1933) reports this species from SC, but there is doubt whether this species was actually ever documented to occur in SC; there are no recent records. Although sometimes combined with the tropical Sapindus saponaria, I follow most recent Florida authors (Clewell 1985, Tomlinson 1986, Godfrey 1988, Nelson 1994, Nelson 1996) in maintaining it as distinct. S. marginatus is a species of n. FL, e. GA, and possibly SC and has wingless rachises, acuminate leaflets, and globose fruits; S. saponaria is a species of s. FL and tropical America and has winged rachises, roundedleaflet tips, and ovoid to globose fruits.
RANGE MAP:
Key to Map SymbolsABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora) Sapindaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789 (Soapberry Family) SUMMARY: A family of about 133-141 genera and 1465-1900 species, trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs, primarily of tropical (rarely temperate) regions of the Old World and New World. APG III (2009), Acevedo-Rodríguez et al. (2011), and others have recently included Hippocastanaceae and Aceraceae in the Sapindaceae; though Buerki et al. (2010) make a well-reasoned case for recognition of the segregate and monophyletic families Xanthoceraceae, Aceraceae, Hippocastanaceae, Sapindaceae, and as more diagnosable families with long traditional usage. REFERENCE: Acevedo-Rodríguez, van Welzen, Adema, and van der Ham in Kubitzki (2011); Buerki et al. (2009, 2010).ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora) Sapindus L. (Soapberry) SUMMARY: A genus of about 10-13 species, trees, of tropical and warm temperate regions of the Old and New World. REFERENCE: Acevedo-Rodríguez, van Welzen, Adema, and van der Ham in Kubitzki (2011).
HERBARIUM RESOURCES
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