Staphyleaceae

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

Read about Staphyleaceae in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Staphyleaceae (from the genus Staphylea, derived from the Greek meaning a cluster, probably in reference to the flower-cluster). Bladdernut Family. Fig. 34. Trees or shrubs: leaves opposite or alternate, pinnately compound, stipulate: flowers bisexual, regular; petals 5; imbricated; petals 5, imbricated; stamens 5, alternating with the petals, inserted outside the large, cup-shaped disk; ovary usually 3-celled; styles 3, separate or connate: fruit a capsule, often deeply lobed, sometimes indehiscent and berry-like; seeds usually many in each cell, albuminous, sometimes with an aril. This family contains 5 or 6 genera and about 22 species, in the north temperate zone, extending rarely to northern South America and to the Malay region. Fossil species are known. The family is closely related to the Sapindaceae, in which it was formerly included, and from which it is separated by the abundant endosperm, the intra-staminal disk, the more numerous seeds, the straight embryo, and various anatomical differences. The fruits of the bladdernut are an inch long, membranous and bladdery; the seeds become loosened and the fruit then is interesting to children as rattle-boxes. The family is of little economic importance. Three genera are cultivated in North America for ornamental purposes. These are: Euscaphis, Staphylea (Bladder- nut), and Turpinia. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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