List of Rutaceae genera
Encyclopedia
There are approximatively 160 genera
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 in the family Rutaceae
Rutaceae
Rutaceae, commonly known as the rue or citrus family, is a family of flowering plants, usually placed in the order Sapindales.Species of the family generally have flowers that divide into four or five parts, usually with strong scents...

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  • Achuaria Gereau
  • Acmadenia
    Acmadenia
    Acmadenia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rutaceae. The species are mostly from the western Cape Province of South Africa, including:*Acmadenia alternifolia Cham.*Acmadenia argillophila I.Williams...

    Bartl. & H.L.Wendl.
  • Acradenia
    Acradenia
    Acradenia is a genus of trees comprising two species from Australia:*Acradenia euodiiformis T.G.Hartley, native to New South Wales and Queensland....

    Kippist
  • Acronychia
    Acronychia
    Acronychia is a genus of 44 species of plants, mainly shrubs, in the rue family Rutaceae. They have a broad distribution covering China, Southeast Asia, India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia and the islands of the western Pacific Ocean....

    J.R.Forst. & G.Forst - Lemon Aspen, et al.
  • Adenandra
    Adenandra
    Adenandra is a genus of evergreen shrubs of the family Rutaceae, commonly known as Buchu . The genus is native to South Africa. The plants are related to the citrus family, and have oil glands in the leaves which give off a distinctive aroma. The name Adenandra derives from Greek aden, a gland;...

    Willd.
  • Adiscanthus Ducke
  • Aegle
    Bael
    Bael Bael (Aegle marmelos) Bael (Aegle marmelos) (Bengal quince, stone apple, Sanskrit : विल्व, Malayalam: കൂവളം, Bengali: বেল, Hindi: बेल (Sirphal), Marathi: बेल or कवीठ (Kaveeth), , Sindhi: ڪاٺ گدرو , Sinhalese: beli, Tamil: வில்வம் is a species of tree native to India...

    Correa - Bael
  • Aeglopsis Swingle
  • Afraegle (Swingle) Engl.
  • Agathosma
    Agathosma
    Agathosma is a genus of about 135 species of flowering plants in the family Rutaceae, native to the southern part of Africa. Common names include Buchu, Boegoe, Bucco, Bookoo and Diosma. Buchu formally denotes two herbal species, prized for their fragrance and medicinal use...

    Willd.
  • Almeidea A.St.-Hil.
  • Amyris
    Amyris
    Amyris is a genus of flowering plants in the citrus family, Rutaceae. The generic name is derived from the Greek word αμυρων , which means "intensely scented" and refers to the strong odor of the resin...

    P.Browne - West Indian Sandalwood
  • Angostura
    Angostura (genus)
    Angostura is a genus of medicinal plant native to South America. Its bark is sometimes used in bitters.-Species:It includes the following species :*Angostura alipes*Angostura trifoliata...

    Roem. & Schult.
  • Apocaulon R.S.Cowan
  • Araliopsis Engl.
  • Asterolasia
    Asterolasia
    Asterolasia is a genus of shrubs in the family Rutaceae which are endemic to Australia.Species include:*Asterolasia asteriscophora - Lemon Starbush*Asterolasia buckinghamii Blakely...

    F.Muell.
  • Atalantia Correa

B

  • Balfourodendron
    Balfourodendron
    Balfourodendron is a genus of plant in family Rutaceae. It contains the following species :* Balfourodendron riedelianum, Engl....

    Corr.Mello ex Oliv.
  • Balsamocitrus
    Balsamocitrus
    Balsamocitrus is a genus of plant in family Rutaceae.Species include:* Balsamocitrus camerunensis...

    Stapf
  • Boenninghausenia
    Boenninghausenia
    Boenninghausenia is a monotypic plant genus in the family Rutaceae. The sole species is Boenninghausenia albiflora, which occurs in Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan, Kashmir, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, North Vietnam, China and Japan....

    Rchb. ex Meisn.
  • Boninia Planch.
  • Boronella
    Boronella
    Boronella is a genus of plant in family Rutaceae. It contains the following species :* Boronella koniamboensis, T.G.Hartley...

    Baill.
  • Boronia Sm.
  • Bosistoa
    Bosistoa
    Bosistoa is an Australian genus of plants with 6 species in the family Rutaceae. Most of them are endangered due to forest clearing and encroachment by weeds. They are known colloquially as bonewoods or satinhearts.Species...

    F.Muell - Bonewoods
  • Bouchardatia Baill.
  • Brombya F.Muell.
  • Burkillanthus
    Burkillanthus
    Burkillanthus is a genus of plant in family Rutaceae.Species include:* Burkillanthus malaccensis...

    Swingle

C

  • Calodendrum
    Calodendrum
    Calodendrum is a genus of medium-sized evergreen trees comprising two species from Africa. Calodendrum capense is a well known tree that is widely cultivated, while Calodendrum eickii is a rare forest tree from Tanzania. The botanical name comes from Greek, kalos means beautiful and dendrum means...

    Thunb.
  • Casimiroa La Llave
  • Chloroxylon
    Chloroxylon
    Chloroxylon swietenia is a tropical hardwood, the sole species in the genus Chloroxylon...

    DC Ceylon Satinwood
  • Choisya
    Choisya
    Choisya is a small genus of aromatic evergreen shrubs in the rue family, Rutaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as Mexican Orange or Mock Orange due to the similarity of their flowers with those of the closely related Orange, both in shape and scent...

    Kunth - Mexican orange
  • Chorilaena
    Chorilaena
    Chorilaena quercifolia, commonly known as Karri Oak, is a shrub which is endemic to the Karri forests of south-west Western Australia. It is the sole species in the genus Chorilaena....

    Endl.
  • Citropsis
    Citropsis
    Citropsis, known as cherry orange, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rutaceae.Selected species*Citropsis articulata - West African cherry orange*Citropsis daweana*Citropsis gabunensis - Gabon cherry orange...

    (Engl.) Swingle & M.Kellerm - African orange cherry
  • Citrus
    Citrus
    Citrus is a common term and genus of flowering plants in the rue family, Rutaceae. Citrus is believed to have originated in the part of Southeast Asia bordered by Northeastern India, Myanmar and the Yunnan province of China...

    L. - Citrus
  • Clausena
    Clausena
    Clausena is a genus of evergreen plant in the subfamily Aurantioideae within the family Rutaceae, native to Asia and Australia. It was first defined by N.L. Birman in 1768. The type species is Clausena excavata....

    Burm.f.
  • Clymenia
    Clymenia
    Clymenia is a genus in the ammonoid order Clymeniida, restricted to the Upper Devonian, characterized as with all clymeniids by a dorsal siphuncle that runs along the inside of the whorls, unusual for ammonoids....

    Swingle
  • Cneoridium
    Cneoridium
    Cneoridium is a monotypic genus in the citrus family which contains the single species Cneoridium dumosum, known by the common name bushrue.-Description:...

    Hook.f.
  • Cneorum L. (formerly in Cneoraceae)
  • Coleonema
    Coleonema
    Coleonema is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rutaceae. The eight known species are all from the western Cape Province of South Africa. In Australia, where they are cultivated as garden ornamentals, they are often incorrectly referred to as Diosma.Species include:*Coleonema album Bartl. &...

    Bartl. & H.L.Wendl. - Breath of Heaven
  • Comptonella Baker f.
  • Coombea P.Royen
  • Correa Andrews
  • Crowea
    Crowea
    Crowea is a genus of small evergreen shrubs in the family Rutaceae . They are native to Australia, where they occur in Victoria, New South Wales and Western Australia. The genus is named for James Crowe, an English botanist. Croweas have pink star-shaped flowers with five petals.The genus has...

    Sm.
  • Cyanothamnus Lindl.

D

  • Decagonocarpus Engl.
  • Decatropis Hook.f.
  • Decazyx Pittier & S.F.Blake
  • Dendrosma Pancher & Sebert
  • Dictamnus
    Dictamnus
    Dictamnus is a genus of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae, with a single species, Dictamnus albus. It is known variously as Burning-bush, False Dittany, White Dittany, Gas-plant and Fraxinella. It is a perennial herb, native to southern Europe, north Africa and throughout...

    L. - Burning-bush
  • Dictyoloma A.Juss.
  • Diosma L.
  • Diphasia Pierre
  • Diphasiopsis Mendonca
  • Diplolaena
    Diplolaena
    Diplolaena is a genus of evergreen shrubs in the family Rutaceae . They are native to Western Australia.Species include:*Diplolaena andrewsii Ostenf. *Diplolaena angustifolia Hook. - Yanchep Rose...

    R.Br.
  • Drummondita Harv.
    William Henry Harvey
    William Henry Harvey was an Irish botanist who specialised in algae.- Biography :William Henry Harvey was born at Summerville near Limerick, Ireland, in 1811, the youngest of 11 children. His father Joseph Massey Harvey, was a Quaker and prominent merchant...

  • Dutaillyea Baill.

E

  • Echinocitrus Tanaka
  • Empleuridium Sond.
    Otto Wilhelm Sonder
    Otto Wilhelm Sonder was a German botanist and pharmacist who was a native of Holstein. From 1841 to 1878 he was the proprietor of a pharmacy in Hamburg. In 1846 he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Königsberg.He was the author, with William Henry Harvey , of the Flora Capensis...

     & Harv.
    William Henry Harvey
    William Henry Harvey was an Irish botanist who specialised in algae.- Biography :William Henry Harvey was born at Summerville near Limerick, Ireland, in 1811, the youngest of 11 children. His father Joseph Massey Harvey, was a Quaker and prominent merchant...

  • Empleurum Aiton
  • Eremocitrus Swingle
  • Eriostemon
    Eriostemon
    Eriostemon is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rutaceae. It is native to eastern Australia and includes just two species. Eriostemon australasius occurs between Fraser Island and Nowra, and is a shrub of heathlands and low open woodlands. It is also frequently cultivated in...

    Sm.
  • Erythrochiton
    Erythrochiton
    Erythrochiton is a genus of plant in family Rutaceae. It contains the following species :* Erythrochiton giganteus, Kaastra & A.H.Gentry* Erythrochiton brasiliensis Nees & Mart.* Erythrochiton gymnanthus...

    Nees & Mart.
  • Esenbeckia Kunth
  • Euchaetis Bartl. & H.L.Wendl.
  • Euodia
    Euodia (genus)
    Euodia is a plant genus in the Rutaceae family.-Species:* Euodia elleryana* Euodia hortensis J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.* Euodia hupehensis* Euodia hylandii* Euodia lunuankenda* Euodia macrocarpa* Euodia pubifolia...

    J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
  • Euxylophora Huber
  • Evodiella Linden

F

  • Fagaropsis Mildbr. ex Siebenl.
  • Feroniella Swingle
  • Flindersia
    Flindersia
    Flindersia is a genus of 14 species of tree in the family Rutaceae. They are native to the Moluccas, New Guinea, Australia and New Caledonia.They are cultivated and planted for both timber and as a street tree...

    RBr. Crow Ash, Cudgerie
  • Fortunella
    Kumquat
    Cumquats or kumquats are a group of small fruit-bearing trees in the flowering plant family Rutaceae, either forming the genus Fortunella, or placed within Citrus sensu lato...

    Swingle - Kumquat

G

  • Galipea
    Galipea
    Galipea is a genus of plant in family Rutaceae.Species include:* Galipea dasysperma* Galipea granulosa* Galipea longiflora* Galipea ossana, DC.* Galipea panamensis* Galipea trifoliata...

    Aubl.
  • Geijera
    Geijera
    Geijera is a genus in the Rutaceae family with approximately 8 species of shrubs and small trees native to Australia, New Guinea and New Caledonia. The one most known to horticulture is G. parviflora, better known as the wilga. Another species, G. paniculata is known as axebreaker, due to its hard...

    Schott - Wilga, Axebreakers
  • Geleznowia
    Geleznowia
    Geleznowia is a genus of plant in family Rutaceae. It was defined by Ukrainian-Russian botanist Nicolai Stepanovitch Turczaninow in 1849. The type species is Geleznowia verrucosa....

    Turcz.
  • Glycosmis
    Glycosmis
    Glycosmis is a genus of plant in family Rutaceae.Species include:* Glycosmis crassifolia* Glycosmis decipiens* Glycosmis longisepala* Glycosmis monticola* Glycosmis perakensis* Glycosmis tomentella...

    Correa

H

  • Halfordia
    Halfordia
    Halfordia is a genus of plant in family Rutaceae. It contains the following species :* Halfordia papuana, Laut....

    F.Muell.
  • Haplophyllum A.Juss.
  • Helietta
    Helietta
    Helietta is a genus of flowering plants in the citrus family, Rutaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as Barettas, Barretas, or Barrettas. The generic name honors French physician Lewis Théodore Hélie ....

    Tul.
  • Hortia Vand.

L

  • Leionema
    Leionema
    Leionema is a genus of more than 20 species of mostly small shrubs in the family Rutaceae, most of which are endemic to eastern Australia....

    (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson.
  • Leptothyrsa Hook.f.
  • Limnocitrus
    Limnocitrus
    Limnocitrus is a genus of plant in family Rutaceae.Species include:* Limnocitrus littoralis...

    Swingle
  • Limonia
    Limonia (plant)
    Limonia acidissima is the only species within the monotypic genus Limonia. It is native in the Indomalaya ecozone to Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and in Indochinese ecoregion east to Java and the Malesia ecoregion...

    L.
  • Lubaria Pittier
  • Lunasia Blanco
  • Luvunga Buch.-Ham. ex Wight & Arn.

M

  • Maclurodendron
    Maclurodendron
    Maclurodendron is a plant genus from the family Rutaceae. It was first described in 1982 by Thomas Gordon Hartley.It consists of six evergreen tree species in particular native to Vietnam, China, Sabah, Peninsular Malaysia, and Sarawak. They are dioecious. The leaves are opposite and the leave...

    T.G.Hartley
  • Macrostylis Bartl. & H.L.Wendl.
  • Medicosma
    Medicosma
    Medicosma is a genus of about 22 species of shrubs and trees in the family Rutaceae, occurring from Australia to New Caledonia and New Guinea.-External links:*...

    Hook.f.
  • Megastigma Hook.f.
  • Melicope
    Melicope
    Melicope is a genus of about 230 species of shrubs and trees in the family Rutaceae, occurring from the Hawaiian Islands across the Pacific to tropical Asia, Australia and New Zealand...

    J.R.Forst. & G.Forst - Corkwood, Alani
  • Merope M.Roem.
  • Merrillia
    Merrillia
    Merrillia is a genus of plant in family Rutaceae.Species include:* Merrillia caloxylon...

    Swingle
  • Metrodorea A.St.-Hil.
  • Microcitrus Swingle
  • Microcybe
    Microcybe
    Microcybe is a genus of plants in the Rutaceae family, all of which are native to Australia.There are three species:*Microcybe albiflora Turcz....

    Turcz.
  • Micromelum Blume
  • Monanthocitrus
    Monanthocitrus
    Monanthocitrus is a genus of plant in family Rutaceae. Species include:* Monanthocitrus oblanceolata...

    Tanaka
  • Monnieria Loefl.
  • Muiriantha C.A.Gardner
  • Murraya
    Murraya
    The genus Murraya comprises 12 species in the family Rutaceae, including the Curry Tree. This genus, along with genera Clausena and Glycosmis within the same family, are a major source of carbazole alkaloids. Parts of these trees are used in folk medicine and the leaves of M. koenigii are and...

    L. - Curry tree
  • Myrtopsis Engl.

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  • Naringi Adans.
  • Naudinia Planch. & Linden
  • Nematolepis
    Nematolepis
    Nematolepis is a genus of shrubs and small trees in the family Rutaceae.The 7 species, all of which are endemic to Australia, are as follows:*Nematolepis elliptica Paul G.Wilson...

    Turcz.
  • Neobyrnesia J.A.Armstr.
  • Neoschmidia T.G. Hartley, gen. nov.
  • Nycticalanthus Ducke

O

  • Oricia
    Oricia
    Oricia is a genus of plant in family Rutaceae. It contains the following species :* Oricia lecomteana, Pierre* Oricia suaveolens, Verdoorn...

    Pierre
  • Oriciopsis
    Oriciopsis
    Oriciopsis is a genus of plant in family Rutaceae. It contains the following species :* Oriciopsis glaberrima, Engl....

    Engl.
  • Orixa Thunb.
  • Oxanthera
    Oxanthera
    Oxanthera is a genus of plant in family Rutaceae.Species include:* Oxanthera aurantium* Oxanthera brevipes* Oxanthera fragrans* Oxanthera neocaledonica* Oxanthera undulata...

    Montrouz.

P

  • Pamburus Swingle
  • Paramignya Wight
  • Peltostigma Walp.
  • Pentaceras Hook.f.
  • Phebalium
    Phebalium
    Phebalium is a genus of shrubs in the family Rutaceae, endemic to Australia. A number of species formerly included within this genus have been transferred to the genera Leionema and Nematolepis.Species include:...

    Vent.
  • Phellodendron
    Phellodendron
    Phellodendron or Cork-tree, is a genus of deciduous trees in the family Rutaceae, native to east and northeast Asia. It has leathery, pinnate leaves and yellow, clumped flowers. The name refers to the thick and corky bark of some species in the genus.-Cultivation and uses:As an ornamental plant,...

    Rupr. - Cork-tree
  • Philotheca
    Philotheca
    Philotheca is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rutaceae. Many plants formerly in Eriostemon are now in this genus....

    Rudge
  • Phyllosma Bolus
  • Pilocarpus
    Pilocarpus
    Pilocarpus is a genus of about 13 species of plants belonging to the family Rutaceae, native to the neotropics of South America. Various species are important pharmacologically...

    Vahl
  • Pitavia
    Pitavia
    Pitavia is a genus of plant in family Rutaceae. It contains the following species :* Pitavia punctata, Mol....

    Molina
  • Platydesma
    Platydesma
    Platydesma is a genus of plants in family Rutaceae. Evidence from 2009 indicates that Platydesma is nested within the related genus Melicope and is sister to all Hawaiian Melicope species...

    H.Mann
  • Pleiospermium
    Pleiospermium
    Pleiospermium is a genus of plant in family Rutaceae.Species include:* Pleiospermium longisepalum,...

    (Engl.) Swingle
  • Plethadenia Urb.
  • Polyaster Hook.f.
  • Poncirus
    Trifoliate orange
    Trifoliate Orange, Poncirus trifoliata , is a member of the family Rutaceae, closely related to Citrus, and sometimes included in that genus, being sufficiently closely related to allow it to be used as a rootstock for Citrus...

    Raf. - Trifoliate orange
  • Psilopeganum
    Psilopeganum
    Psilopeganum is a genus of flowering plants of the family Rutaceae.-Characteristics:It is a monotypic genus, with only a single species: Psilopeganum sinense Hemsl. .-Distribution:...

    Hemsl.
  • Ptelea L. - Hoptree

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  • Raputia Aubl.
  • Rauia Nees & Mart.
  • Raulinoa R.S.Cowan
  • Ravenia Vell.
  • Raveniopsis Gleason
  • Rhadinothamnus Paul G.Wilson
  • Ruta
    Rue
    Rue is a genus of strongly scented evergreen subshrubs 20–60 cm tall, in the family Rutaceae, native to the Mediterranean region, Macaronesia and southwest Asia. There are perhaps 8 to 40 species in the genus...

    L. - Rue
  • Rutaneblina Steyerm. & Luteyn

S

  • Sarcomelicope
    Sarcomelicope
    Sarcomelicope is a genus of plant in family Rutaceae. It contains the following species :* Sarcomelicope glauca, T.Hartley* Sarcomelicope simplicifolia T.G.Hartley...

    Engl.
  • Severinia Ten.
  • Sheilanthera I.Williams
  • Skimmia
    Skimmia
    Skimmia is a genus of four species of evergreen shrubs and small trees in the Rue family, Rutaceae, all native to warm temperate regions of Asia. The leaves are clustered at the ends of the shoots, simple, lanceolate, 6-21 cm long and 2-5 cm broad, with a smooth margin. The flowers are in...

    Thunb. - Skimmia
  • Spathelia
    Spathelia
    Spathelia is a genus of plant in family Rutaceae. It contains the following species :* Spathelia coccinea, Proctor* Spathelia glabrescens, Planch....

    L.
  • Spiranthera A.St.-Hil.
  • Stauranthus Liebm.
  • Swinglea Merr.

T

  • Teclea
    Teclea
    Teclea is a genus of plant in family Rutaceae. There are about 30 species.Species include:* Teclea carpopunctifera* Teclea crenulata* Teclea fischeri* Teclea gerrardii* Teclea myrei* Teclea nobilis* Teclea rogersii...

    Delile
  • Tetractomia
    Tetractomia
    Tetractomia is a genus of plant in family Rutaceae. It contains the following species :* Tetractomia majus, Hook. f....

    Hook.f.
  • Tetradium
    Tetradium
    Tetradium is a genus of nine species of trees in the family Rutaceae, occurring in temperate to tropical east Asia. In older books, the genus was often included in the related genus Euodia , but that genus is now restricted to tropical species...

    Lour. - Euodia
  • Thamnosma
    Thamnosma
    Thamnosma is a genus of flowering plants in the rue family, Rutaceae.-Selected species:* Thamnosma africana – Sandboegoe* Thamnosma montana Torr. & Frém. – Turpentine Broom, Mohave Desert Rue* Thamnosma socotrana Balf.f....

    Torr. & Frem.
  • Ticorea Aubl.
  • Toddalia
    Toddalia
    Toddalia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the citrus family containing the single species Toddalia asiatica, which is known by the English common name orange climber. In Afrikaans it is called ranklemoentjie, and in Venda, gwambadzi. It is native to many countries in Africa and Asia. It...

    Juss.
  • Toddaliopsis Engl.
  • Tractocopevodia Raizada & V.Naray.
  • Triphasia
    Triphasia
    Triphasia is a small genus of three species in the family Rutaceae, related to Citrus. The genus is native to southeastern Asia and New Guinea....

    Lour.
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