Lardizabalaceae

Lardizabalaceae is a family of flowering plants.

The family has been universally recognized by taxonomists, including the APG II system (2003; unchanged from the APG system of 1998), which places it in the order Ranunculales, in the clade eudicots.

The family consist of 8-9 genera with 30-50 species of woody plants. All are lianas, save Decaisnea, which are pachycaul shrubs. The leaves are alternate, and compound (usually palmate), with pulvinate leaflets. The flowers are often in drooping racemes.

They are found in eastern Asia, from the Himalayas to Japan, with the exception of the genera Lardizabala and Boquila, both native to southern South America (Chile, and Boquila also in adjacent western Argentina).

Selected genera
Akebia Decne.
Archakebia C.Y.Wu , T.C.Chen & H.N.Qin (included in Holboellia by some authors)
Boquila Decne.
Decaisnea Hook.f. & Thomson
Holboellia Wall.
Lardizabala Ruiz & Pav.
Sargentodoxa Rehder & E.H.Wilson (sometimes placed in its own family Sargentodoxaceae)
Sinofranchetia (Diels) Hemsl.
Stauntonia DC.

Translation

The word "Lardizabalaceae" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Czech, Spanish, French, Indonesian, Dutch, Norwegian (Bokmål), Portuguese, Serbian.

Translation(s) in other languages: Danish: Blåbælg-familien, German: Fingerfruchtgewächse, Korean: 으름덩굴과, Lithuanian: Lardizabaliniai, Japanese: アケビ科, Polish: Krępieniowate, Russian: Лардизабаловые, Swedish: Narrbuskeväxter, Vietnamese: Họ Mộc thông, Chinese: 木通科.