Ptaeroxylaceae Juss. are a small family of Southern African indigenous trees and woody lianes, most of them from Madagascar, comprising only two genera.e-flora Ptaeroxylaceae by F. White and B. T. Styles Such a family was not recognized by the APG II system of classification (2003), which noted that it was a synonym of Rutaceae.Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2003). An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG II. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 141(4): 399-436. doi: 10.1046/j.1095-8339.2003.t01-1-00158.x The APG III system of 2009, an updated version of the last system, did not mention the family. All species within this family are included within Rutaceae.
The family Ptaeroxylaceae was recognized by the Thorne system (1992), Dahlgren system, and Reveal system and placed in the Rutales.
Genus: Cedrelopsis www.ajol.info The chemistry of the Ptaeroxylaceae Baill.
Species:
Cedrelopsis ambanjensis J.F. Leroy Cedrelopsis gracilis J.F. Leroy Cedrelopsis grevei Baill. & Courchet Cedrelopsis longibracteata J.F. Leroy Cedrelopsis microfoliolata J.F. Leroy Cedrelopsis procera J.F. Leroy Cedrelopsis rakotozafyi Cheek & M. Lescot Cedrelopsis trivalvis J.F. Leroy
Genus: Ptaeroxylon Ecklon & Zeyher, 1834 taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl Ptaeroxylon obliquum (Thunb.) Radlk. (Ptaeroxylon utile)
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