Grimmeodendron

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Grimmeodendron
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Euphorbioideae
Tribe: Hippomaneae
Subtribe: Hippomaninae
Genus: Grimmeodendron
Urb.
Type species
Grimmeodendron jamaicense

Grimmeodendron is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1908. [1] [2] It is native to the West Indies. [3] [4]

Species [3]
  1. Grimmeodendron eglandulosum (A.Rich.) Urb. - Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola (Dominican Republic, Haiti) [5]
  2. Grimmeodendron jamaicense Urb. - Jamaica

References

  1. 1 2 Tropicos Grimmeodendron Urb.
  2. Urban, Ignatz. 1908. Symbolae Antillanae seu Fundamenta Florae Indiae Occidentalis 5: 397-399 in Latin
  3. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  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. Freid, E.H.; Timyan, J. (2022). "Grimmeodendron eglandulosum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2022 e.T202825543A202880968. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T202825543A202880968.en . Retrieved 24 July 2022.