Rutaceae Plant

A Rutaceae Plant is a flowering plant that belongs to the Rutaceae family, commonly known as the rue or citrus family.

Context:
- It can (typically) have flowers that divide into four or five parts.
- It can (often) exhibit strong scents.
- It can range from being an herb to a shrub to a large tree.
- It can include economically important genera such as Citrus.
- It can have emerged during the Early Cretaceous, around 145 to 100 million years ago (million years
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Example(s):
- a Citrus Plant, such as a Kumquat Plant.
- a Boronia, an Australian genus with fragrant flowers.
- a Zanthoxylum, known for its peppery seeds.
- a Melicope, a genus with various species used in traditional medicine.
- a Ruta, commonly known as rue.
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Counter-Example(s):
- Rosaceae Plant, such as an apple tree, which belongs to a different botanical family.
- Brassicaceae Plant, such as a cabbage, from the mustard family.
See: Rue, Skimmia Japonica, Rutoideae, Spathelioideae, Dictyoloma, Toddalioideae, Flindersioideae, Aurantioideae.

References

(Wikipedia, 2020) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutaceae Retrieved:2020-11-12.
- The Rutaceae are a family, commonly known as the rue^[1] or citrus family, of flowering plants, usually placed in the order Sapindales. Species of the family generally have flowers that divide into four or five parts, usually with strong scents. They range in form and size from herbs to shrubs and large trees.
  The most economically important genus in the family is Citrus, which includes the orange (C. × sinensis), lemon (C. × limon), grapefruit (C. × paradisi), and lime (various, mostly C. aurantifolia, the key lime). Boronia is a large Australian genus, some members of which are plants with highly fragrant flowers and are used in commercial oil production. Other large genera include Zanthoxylum, Melicope, and Agathosma. About 160 genera are in the family Rutaceae.