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| Lardizabalaceae | |
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| Akebia quinata | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Lardizabalaceae R.Br.[1] |
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Lardizabalaceae is afamily offlowering plants.
The family has been universally recognized by taxonomists, including theAPG II system (2003; unchanged from theAPG system of 1998), which places it in the orderRanunculales, in the cladeeudicots.
The family consist of 7 genera with about 40 known species[2][3] ofwoody plants. All arelianas, saveDecaisnea, which arepachycaulshrubs. Theleaves are alternate, and compound (usually palmate), with pulvinate leaflets. Theflowers are often in drooping racemes.
They are found in easternAsia, from the Himalayas to Japan, with the exception of the generaLardizabala andBoquila, both native to southernSouth America (Chile, andBoquila also in adjacent westernArgentina). The extinct genusKajanthus is known from theEarly Cretaceous ofPortugal.[4]
| Image | Genus | Common name | Number of living species |
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.jpg) | Akebia Decne. | Chocolate vine | 5 |
 | Boquila Decne. | Chameleon vine | 1 |
 | Decaisnea Hook.f. & Thomson | Dead man's fingers | 1 |
_Inao_V%25C3%25A1squez_001.jpg) | Lardizabala Ruiz & Pav. | Zabala fruit | 1 |
 | Sargentodoxa Rehder & E.H.Wilson | 1 | |
 | Sinofranchetia Hemsl. | 1 | |
 | Stauntonia DC. | 16 |
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