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CANOTIA 3(2)
PLANT: Shrubs, small trees, or vines, with resinous or milky sap, sometimes poisonous. LEAVES: alternate, simple, trifoliolate or pinnately compound, estipulate. INFLORESCENCE: terminal and/or axillary, bracteate, spikes, racemes, panicles, or thyrses. FLOWERS: actinomorphic, small, perfect or unisexual, with a ring-shaped nectary disc; sepals five, connate below; petals five, distinct; stamens as many as or twice as many as the petals; ovary hypogynous, unilocular, solitary; styles one to three. FRUIT: a drupe NOTES: Ca. 77 genera, 600 spp., mainly tropical and subtropical, with some temperate, such as ours. The Anacardiaceae contains members that are important sources of tannins and lacquers, have edible fruits (e.g., mango - Mangifera, cashews - Anacardium, and pistachio - Pistacia), or are used as ornamentals (e.g., sumacs - Rhus and smoke tree - Cotinus). REFERENCES: John L. Anderson, 2006, Vascular Plants of Arizona: Anacardiaceae. CANOTIA 3 (2): 13-22.
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Abrahamia ditimena
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Abrahamia elongata
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Abrahamia nitida
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Abrahamia thouvenotii
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Abrahamia viguieri
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Actinocheita filicina
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Actinocheita potentillifolia
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Amphipterygium adstringens
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Amphipterygium amplifolium
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Amphipterygium glaucum
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Amphipterygium molle
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Anacardium corymbosum
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Anacardium curatellifolium
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Anacardium excelsum
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Anacardium fruticosum
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Anacardium giganteum
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Anacardium humile
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Anacardium microsepalum
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Anacardium occidentale
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Anacardium parvifolium
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Anacardium spruceanum
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Androtium astylum
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Antrocaryon amazonicum
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Antrocaryon klaineanum
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Astronium balansae
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Astronium fraxinifolium
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Astronium graveolens
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Astronium lecointei
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Astronium mirandae
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Astronium urundeuva
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Attilaea abalak
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Baronia perrieri
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Baronia taratana
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Baronia thouarsii
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Blepharocarya involucrigera
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Bonetiella anomala
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Bouea macrophylla
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Buchanania amboinensis
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Buchanania arborescens
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Buchanania attenuata
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Buchanania glabra
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Buchanania latifolia
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Buchanania microphylla
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Buchanania nitida
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Buchanania sessilifolia
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Buchanania splendens
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Buchanania zeylanica
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Campnospera brevipetiolata
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Campnosperma auriculatum
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Campnosperma brevipetiolata
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