Friedmannodendron

Friedmannodendron
Conservation status
Extinct in the Wild  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Malvaceae
Genus:	Friedmannodendron Le Péchon & Skema
Species:	F. rodriguesiana
Binomial name
Friedmannodendron rodriguesiana (F.Friedmann) Le Péchon & Skema
Synonyms [2]
Dombeya rodriguesianaF.Friedmann

Friedmannodendron is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae. It includes a single species, Friedmannodendron rodriguesiana, a tree endemic to the island of Rodrigues. ^[2]

The species was first described as Dombeya rodriguesiana by Francis Friedmann in 1981. In 2024 Timothée Le Péchon and Cynthia Skema placed the species in the new monotypic genus Friedmanniodendron as F. rodriguesiana. ^{[2] [3]}

References

1. Tatayah, V., Jhangeer-Khan, R. & Bégué, J.A. 2021. Dombeya rodriguesiana. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T164111324A164117292. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T164111324A164117292.en. Accessed 27 October 2025.
2. "Friedmannodendron rodriguesiana (F.Friedmann) Le Péchon & Skema". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 27 October 2025.
3. Le Péchon, T., Bégué, A., Buord, S., Dubuisson, J. Y., Jhangeer-Khan, R., Jourdain-Fievet, L., … Skema, C. (2024). Friedmannodendron rodriguesiana, a new segregate of Dombeya Cav. (Dombeyoideae, Malvaceae), endemic to Rodrigues. Botany Letters, 171(4), 472–483. https://doi.org/10.1080/23818107.2024.2375733