Australian Sapindaceae

Longan family : SAPINDACEAE (ROSIDAE) in Australia
including Aceraceae, Hippocastanaceae, Nitrariaceae, Peganaceae and Tetradiclidaceae,

Flower
Families

Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
&
Christine Ashe

Plant
Classes

Acer palmatum 'atropurpureum'
Red-leaf Japanese Maple
Wyee, January 2007

Acer negundo
Box Elder
Sydney, October 2006

Acer palmatum
Japanese Maple
Sydney, December 2006

Aesculus hippocastanum
Horse Chestnut
Wyee, October 2006

Alectryon coriaceus
Beach Birds Eye
Royal Botanic Gardens
Sydney, April 2009

Alectryon tomentosum
Woolly Rambutan
Photo courtesy of
Donald Simpson,
Magnetic Island, Qld

Arytera divaricata
Coogera
Wyee, November 2008

Atalaya hemiglauca
Whitewood
Photo courtesy of
Simon Ong
Kununurra, W.A.
September 2018

Cupaniopsis anacardioides
Tuckeroo
Wyee, July 2008

Cupaniopsis flagelliformis
Brown Tuckeroo
Ginger Factory,
Yandina, January 2007

Cupaniopsis newmanii
Long Leaved Tuckeroo
Ginger Factory,
Yandina, January 2007

Dimocarpus longan
Longan
Sydney, January 2007

Dodonaea triangularis
Three winged Hop Bush
Sydney, October 2008

Dodonaea viscosa
Sticky Hop Bush
Photo courtesy of
Laura Levens
Broken Hill, NSW

Elattostachys nervosa
Beetroot Tree
Royal Botanic Gardens,
Sydney, February 2009

Guioa lasioneura
Silky Tamarind
Photo courtesy of
Bart Hacobian
Millaa Millaa, Qld

Guioa semiglauca
Australian Crow Ash
Wyee, October 2007

Harpullia pendula
Tulipwood
Photo courtesy of
Jan MacDonald
Finch Hatton, Qld

Koelreuteria elegans
Golden Rain Tree
Byron Bay, April 2007

Litchi chinensis
Lychee
Wyee, October 2008

Nephelium lappaceum
Rambutan
Photo courtesy of
Buck Richardson,
Kuranda, Qld

Some caterpillars of Australian Butterflies favour species in SAPINDACEAE for their foodplant, including:

*Netrocoryne repanda*	*Candalides absimilis*	*Jamides aleuas*	*Nacaduba berenice*	*Arhopala centaurus*	*Deudorix epirus*
*Prosotas felderi*	*Hypochrysops ignita*	*Nacaduba kurava*	*Anthene lycaenoides*	*Arhopala micale*	*Prosotas nora*

Hypolycaena phorbas

Sahulana scintillata

Anthene seltuttus

Pantoporia venilia

ans some caterpillars of Australian Moths favour species in SAPINDACEAE for their foodplant, including:

*Autoba abrupta*	*Achaea janata*	*Oxyodes scrobiculata*	*Oxyodes tricolor*	*Homodes bracteigutta*	*Avatha discolor*
*Sympis rufibasis*	*Xanthodes congenita*	*Peritornenta circulatella*	*Parosteodes fictiliaria*	*Chlumetia transversa*	*Pingasa chlora*
*Conopomorpha cramerella*	*Aenetus blackburnii*	*Aenetus scotti*	*Cycloprorodes melanoxysta*	*Neola semiaurata*	*Pheraspis symmetra*