Rutaceae
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Rutaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Family Description - Fls perfect or unisexual, usually hypogynous and regular and 4–5-merous, with distinct pet; stamens usually as many (and alternate with) or twice as many as the pet, the filaments often connate below; nectary-disk intrastaminal, sometimes unilateral, sometimes modified into a gynophore; ovary plurilocular, often apically indented, or the carpels sometimes distinct except for the coherent styles; ovules ± epitropous, (1)2 (–several) in each carpel on axile (or marginal) placentas; embryo large, spatulate or sometimes linear, with 2 cotyledons; endosperm oily or wanting; plants commonly with secretory cavities containing aromatic ethereal oils scattered throughout the parenchymatous tissues, the lvs pellucid-punctate, exstipulate, usually pinnately compound or dissected or trifoliolate. 150/1500, mostly of warm reg.
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Common Names
The rue family