| Classification |
| Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order Type: Basal Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Lardizabalaceae
Family Common Name: Lardizabala Family
Genera: Akebia |
Defining Morphology: Floral
Features: Flowers are unisexual or unisexual and actinomorphic. Plants
monoecious or dioecious. Flowers are petaloid constitute of 6 or 3 sepals,
with nectarines. Stamens are 6 and pistils 3 to 9 (carpels are free). Ovaries
are superior. Fruit and Seed Features: Dicotyledon. Fruit a bundle of fleshy
follicles, berries or drupes. Vegetative Features: Habit as shrubs or trees,
mostly twining. Leaves are alternate, compound, mostly palmate and estipulate.
Distribution: Southeastern
Asia and Chile.
Economic Use: As cultivated
garden ornamentals. Fruits of some species are edible.
Number of Genera Globally: 9
Genera Planted in Garden:
1
Number of Species Globally: 36
