Caryodendron

Caryodendron
Caryodendron orinocense in Colombia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily:	Acalyphoideae
Tribe:	Caryodendreae
Genus:	Caryodendron H.Karst.
Type species
Caryodendron orinocense H.Karst.
Synonyms [1]
Centrodiscus Müll.Arg.

Caryodendron is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1860. ^{[2] [3]} The genus includes C. orinocense , known as the Inchi tree or Tacay nut. It is native to Central America and South America. ^{[1] [4] [5] [6] [7]} They are dioecious trees. ^[8]

Species ^[1]

1. Caryodendron amazonicum Ducke - Amazonas in Brazil
2. Caryodendron angustifolium Standl. - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia
3. Caryodendron janeirense Müll.Arg. - Rio de Janeiro
4. Caryodendron orinocense H.Karst - Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Karsten, Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann. 1860. Florae Columbiae terraumque adjacentium specimina selecta in peregrinatione duodecim annorum observata delineavit et descripsit 1: 91-92 descriptions in Latin, commentary in German
3. Tropicos
4. Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
5. Burger, W.C. & M.J. Huft. 1995. Family 113. Euphorbiaceae. En: W. C. Burger (ed.), Flora Costaricensis. Fieldiana, Botany, n.s. 36: 1–169.
6. Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2015-08-20.. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
7. Webster, G. L. & M.J. Huft. 1988. Revised synopsis of Panamanian Euphorbiaceae. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 75(3): 1087–1144
8. Flowering Plants. Eudicots: Malpighiales. Germany, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2013.