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Bladdernut family
Staphyleaceae (DC.) Lindl.
ミツバウツギ科
A family of deciduous shrubs to small trees distributed in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Approximately 2 genera and 50 species are known. In Japan, Staphylea bumalda and Euscaphis japonica are native. The inflated, bladder-like fruits are characteristic.
Key Characteristics
- ●Leaves pinnately compound or trifoliate
- ●Flowers 5-merous, white to pale green, in panicles
- ●Fruit a thin, membranous, inflated bladder-like capsule
- ●Deciduous shrubs to small trees
Morphological Traits
A family may include species with different trait values — multiple values indicate the range within the family.
Leaf arrangement
Opposite
Leaf type
Simple / Compound
Venation
Pinnate
Leaf margin
Serrate / Dentate
Growth form
Shrub / Tree
Evergreen/Deciduous
Deciduous
Compound type
Ternate / Pinnate
Stipules
Present
Flower symmetry
Actinomorphic
Petal count
Many
Petal fusion
Fused
Ovary position
Superior / Half-inferior
Stamen count
5
Plant sex
Dioecious / Hermaphrodite / Monoecious
Phylogenetic Position
Angiosperms > Eudicots > Core eudicots > Crossosomatales > Staphyleaceae
Divergence Era
Paleogene (ca. 60 million years ago)
Representative Genera
Related Evolution Events
- ・Adaptation to temperate forests within Crossosomatales
- ・Development of inflated fruits for wind and water dispersal
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