Cneoroideae Webb

Subfam. Cneoroideae Webb View in CoL [clade A].

Genera [8]: Bottegoa , Cedrelopsis , Cneorum , Dictyoloma , Harrisonia , Ptaeroxylon , Sohnreyia , Spathelia ; Number of species: 35; Characteristics: Shrubs or trees; schizogenous oil glands absent or restricted to leaf margins ( Spathelia , Dictyoloma ); leaves alternate or opposite ( Ptaeroxylon ), imparipinnate or paripinnate or simple ( Cneorum ), with oil cells, partial loss of secretary cavities; flowers (3–)4- or 5-merous, haplo- or diplostemonous ( Harrisonia ); gynoecia syncarpous, sometimes only by styles, carpels (3–)4 or 5, ovules 1–4 per locule; fruit a capsule, drupe or follicle; endosperm present or absent; base chromosome number x = 18 ( Cneorum ). Range: Central and South America, Africa, Madagascar, the western Mediterranean, the Canary Islands, SE Asia and N Australia).