Sapindales

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Sapindales is a botanical name for an order of flowering plants. The APG II system of 2003 includes it in the clade eurosids II (in rosids, in eudicots) including the following families:

• Anacardiaceae
• Biebersteiniaceae
• Burseraceae
• Kirkiaceae
• Meliaceae
• Nitrariaceae (+ Peganaceae and Tetradiclidaceae)
• Rutaceae
• Sapindaceae
• Simaroubaceae

(with "+ ..." = optional segregate of the preceding family)

The Cronquist system of 1981 used a somewhat different circumscription, including the following families:

• Staphyleaceae
• Melianthaceae
• Bretschneideraceae
• Akaniaceae
• Sapindaceae
• Hippocastanaceae
• Aceraceae
• Burseraceae
• Anacardiaceae
• Julianiaceae
• Simaroubaceae
• Cneoraceae
• Meliaceae
• Rutaceae
• Zygophyllaceae

The difference with the APG II system is not as large as may appear, as the plants in the families Aceraceae and Hippocastanaceae stay in this order at APG II (both included in family Sapindaceae), etc. The species now comprising the family Nitrariaceae in the Cronquist system also belonged to this order (as part of the family Zygophyllaceae), while those now in the family Kirkiaceae were also present (as part of the family Simaroubaceae).

Well-known members of Sapindales include citrus; maples and horse-chestnuts; mangos and cashews; frankincense and myrrh; and mahogany.ca:Sapindal da:Sæbetræ-ordenen de:Seifenbaumartige es:Sapindales fr:Sapindales it:Sapindales ja:ムクロジ目 ms:Sapindales nl:Sapindales no:Sapindales pt:Sapindales fi:Sapindales sv:Sapindales vi:Bộ Bồ hòn zh:无患子目