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|accepted_name=Staphylea
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 270. 1753
|year=1753
}}{{Treatment/Publication
|title=Gen. Pl. ed.
|place=5, 130. 1754
|year=1754
}}
|common_names=Bladdernut;staphylier
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Staphyleaceae;Staphylea
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Staphyleaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Staphylea]]</div></div>
|etymology=Abridged from Greek Staphylodendron, ancient name for the genus; Greek staphyle, cluster of grapes, alluding to disposal of flowers and fruits
|volume=Volume 9
|mention_page=page 6
|treatment_page=page 7
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs,</b> rarely trees. <b>Stems</b> 1–10+. <b>Leaves</b> 3(–5)-foliolate [odd-pinnate]; stipules linear, papery; terminal leaflets long-petiolulate, laterals short-petiolulate or sessile; leaflet blades ovate to elliptic or obovate, base oblique, rounded, or cuneate, lateral ± asymmetric, apex ± acuminate to apiculate, glabrous or sparsely villous, densely when young; hairs unicellular. <b>Thyrses</b> 5–15[–25+]-flowered, on 2d-year wood, pedunculate, bracteate. <b>Pedicels</b> basally 2-bracteolate, with swollen point of disarticulation mid length. <b>Flowers</b> appearing before or with leaves, campanulate or cylindro-campanulate; sepals white or pale greenish pink to pale pink, petaloid, equal to or shorter than petals; petals white [pink]; stamens ± exserted, equal to or longer than petals; pistils short-stalked, stigmas (2–)3(–4)-lobed. <b>Capsules</b> brownish, ellipsoid or obovoid, trigonous, papery; carpels becoming distinct distally; sepals persistent; styles ± persistent. <b>Seeds</b> light brown, ± spheric. <b>x</b> = 13.</span><!--

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|distribution=North America;Mexico;Eurasia.
|discussion=<p>Species 10 (2 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p><i>Staphylea</i> species are cultivated as garden ornamentals.</p><!--
--><p>The two North American species of <i>Staphylea</i> differ in their floral biology: the flowers of <i>S. trifolia</i> are pinkish green (sepals) and campanulate with barely exserted stamens and styles; those of <i>S. bolanderi</i> are white and more tubular (cylindro-campanulate) with well-exserted stamens and styles. These differences appear to correlate with pollinators available in the eastern deciduous forest and in California, respectively.</p>
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|Leaves abaxially ± villous; flowers campanulate; sepals pale greenish, greenish pink to pale pink to whitish; stamen filaments equal to or slightly longer than petals; filaments (basally) and pistils villous; capsules obovoid; e North America.
|[[Staphylea trifolia|Staphylea trifolia]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Leaves glabrous; flowers cylindro-campanulate; sepals white; stamen filaments longer than petals; filaments and pistils glabrous; capsules ellipsoid; California.
|[[Staphylea bolanderi|Staphylea bolanderi]]
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name=Staphylea
|author=
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Staphyleaceae
|distribution=North America;Mexico;Eurasia.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed.
|publication year=1753;1754
|special status=
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|genus=Staphylea
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