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Volume I (1961) - Flora of New Zealand Indigenous Tracheophyta - Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledons
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Sapindaceae

SAPINDACEAE

Fls. us. functionally unisexual, irregular, in cymose racemes or panicles; sepals us. 5, petals 5 or 0; disk extrastaminal, glandular. Stamens hypog., us. 8 or 10; filaments often hairy. Ovary superior, us. 3-loculed; ovules 1-2 per locule, on axile placentae; stigma us. 1, lobed; seeds often arillate; fr. various. Mostly polygamodioec. trees, shrubs or lianes with alt., compound or simple, exstipulate lvs. About 130 genera and 1100 spp., largely tropical.

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Lvs pinnate; capsule woody; seeds arillate
Lvs simple; capsule membr., winged; seeds not arillate
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