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|accepted_name=Alvaradoa
|accepted_authority=Liebmann
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Vidensk. Meddel. Dansk Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn
|place=1853: 100. 1854
|year=1854
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Picramniaceae;Alvaradoa
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Picramniaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Alvaradoa]]</div></div>
|etymology=For Pedro de Alvarado y Contreras, ca. 1485 – 1541, member of Cortez’s expedition to Mexico
|volume=Volume 9
|mention_page=page 3
|treatment_page=page 4
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>or trees, 10–70[–150] dm. <b>Leaves</b> imparipinnate (mimosoid in appearance); leaflets [14–]17–35[–40], alternate, elliptic, 8–33 × 3–9 mm, base rounded to oblique. <b>Inflorescences</b> lateral to subterminal, racemes. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals 5; petals 5 or 0; stamens 5, anthers dorsifixed with enlarged connective, thecae parallel; pistils 3-carpellate, 2 lateral carpels sterile, central fertile, in staminate flowers pistils vestigial. <b>Fruits</b> samaras, flattened or recurved, usually hairy; sepals not persistent. <b>Seeds</b> 1, ellipsoid, ± 1/4–1/3 length of samara. <b>x</b> = 8.</span><!--

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|distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America (Argentina;Bolivia).
|discussion=<p>Species 6 (1 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>A chromosome count for <i>Alvaradoa</i> subovata Cronquist of Argentina is 2n = 16 (A. M. Sanso and M. N. Seo 2005). The samara is derived from a dry, indehiscent capsule; the wings are formed from the two lateral, sterile carpels.</p>
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name=Alvaradoa
|author=
|authority=Liebmann
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Picramniaceae
|distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America (Argentina;Bolivia).
|reference=None
|publication title=Vidensk. Meddel. Dansk Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn
|publication year=1854
|special status=
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|genus=Alvaradoa
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