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Filicium

Filicium is a genus of flowering plants in the soapberry family Sapindaceae, native to east Africa, Madagascar, India and Sri Lanka. The best known species is Filicium decipiens, which is planted as an ornamental tree.

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Filicium
Filicium decipiens as a street tree in Maui
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Subfamily: Dodonaeoideae
Tribe: Doratoxyleae
Genus: Filicium
Thwaites (1864)1
Species

See text

Synonyms2
  • Pseudoprotorhus H.Perrier (1944)
  • Jurighas L. ex Kuntze (1891)
  • Pteridophyllum Thwaites (1854), nom. illeg.

Filicium is a genus of flowering plants in the soapberry family Sapindaceae, native to east Africa, Madagascar, India and Sri Lanka. The best known species is Filicium decipiens, which is planted as an ornamental tree.3

Species

Three species are currently accepted.2

  • Filicium decipiens (Wight & Arn.) Thwaites
  • Filicium longifolium (H.Perrier) Capuron
  • Filicium thouarsianum (DC.) Capuron
References

References

  1. Gen. Pl. 1: 325. (1862)
  2. "Filicium Thwaites". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
  3. Wiersema, JH; León, B (7 January 2013). World Economic Plants: A Standard Reference, Second Edition. Taylor & Francis. p. 306. ISBN 9781439821428.