Neotropical Anacardiaceae (cashew family)

Abstract Anacardiaceae is an ecologically and economically important plant family of about 200 species in 32 genera the Neotropics. The particularly diverse leaf architecture fruit morphology, making it a model to study evolution structural diversity as correlates with lineage diversification. This primary reason 11 Neotropical are monotypic that so many recognized Anacardiaceae. economic value driven by global markets for cashews, mangoes, pistachios, but there great potential its medicinal properties. At least 10 cause contact dermatitis, which rich area research family. Here presented review systematics Particular attention given botany, paleobotany, ecology, taxonomy native naturalized genera. Keys subfamilies provided along descriptions