Rutaceae

The Rutaceae (Rutaceae) are a family of angiosperm plants belonging to the order Sapindales. It groups around 160 genera and 1600 species.

Features

Woody or rarely herbaceous plants, provided with oil-secreting glands. Leaves alternate or opposite, simple or compound, without stipules, sometimes with axillary spines. Flowers generally hermaphroditic, actinomorphic or zygomorphic, pentameric or tetrameric, with free or welded parts at the base; androecium with a variable number of stamens, often the same or twice the number of petals, with an intrastaminal fleshy nectar disc; superior or semiinferous gynoecium, pluricarpellate, generally syncarpic and plurilocular. Various inflorescences. Fruits in capsule, polyfollicle, hesperidium, drupe or samara.

It has the following subfamilies: Citroideae, Dictyolomatoideae, Flindersioideae, Rutoideae, Spathelioideae, Toddalioideae. In total there are about 1600 species, of which the majority grow in tropical and subtropical countries.

Some species

• Balfourodendron

Balfourodendron riedelianum, guatambú, excellent wooden tree.

• Casimiroa

Casimiroa edulisMexican Zapote.

• Citrus

Citrus aurantium L. variety amara, bitter orange; this species like most of the genus Citrus is used in confections, jams and sweets, and as ornamental;

Citrus reticulata White.Mandarin;

Citrus limon (L.) Burm.lemons;

Citrus medica L., cider, poncil, French lemon or grapefruit;

Citrus paradisi Macfad.Pomel;

Citrus sinensis L. Orange;

Citrus aurantifolia (Christm.) Swingle, limele;

Citrus nobilis White.Mandarin;

Citrus grandis (L.) Burm., pampelmusa;

Citrus limetta RissoLime.

• Dictamnus

Dictamnus albus L., digit;

Dictamus hispanicus Terragullo, range.

• Esenbeckia

Esenbeckia vazquezii Esenbeckia vazquezii Ramos et E. Martínez.

• Fagara

Fagara monophylla Bosúa, paneque, bosuga.

• Galipea

Galipea cusparia Angostura, cuspa, galipea or chuspa. Welded cutlery, fruit bark used as a scenter: narrowness.

• Haplophyllum

Haplophyllum linifolium (L.) G.Don Male sex.

• Murraya

Murraya koenigii Curry;

Murraya paniculata Murraya.

• Route

Route angustifolia Pers.Lacinied petals;

Chalepensis route L.Lacinied petals;

Gravelens route;

R. montana (L.) L.Whole edge petals.

• Zanthoxylum

Zanthoxylum americanum Thinberry;

Zantoxylum piperitum Japanese pepper;

Zantoxylum gilletii Chinese pepper.

Fonts

• Species and aromatic plants Dr. Josep Luis Berdones. Ocean Editorial Group. 2001.
• Botanic, illustrated plant guide, Geoff Burnie. Köneman editors.2003.
• Revista de Biología Tropical. Antifungal activity of organic extracts of the Fagara monophylla tree (Rutaceae) in Venezuela. Yrma Gómez, Katiuska Gil, Elba González, Luz Marina Farías. Edition: Volume 55 (3-4) September-December 2007.
• Catalogue, ecology and popular uses of the RUTACEAS present in the province of Albasete. Fajardo Rodríguez José, Verde López Alonso. 2001
• http://herbario.udistrital.edu.co/herbarium
• www.humboldt.org.co