| Incadendron | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Euphorbioideae |
| Tribe: | Hippomaneae |
| Genus: | Incadendron K.Wurdack & Farfán |
| Species: | I. esseri |
| Binomial name | |
| Incadendron esseri K.Wurdack & Farfán | |
Incadendron is a genus of flowering plants in the family Euphorbiaceae. It includes a single species, Incadendron esseri, a tree native to southern Ecuador and Peru. [1] It is a monoecious evergreen canopy tree with a spreading crown which grows 6 to 26 m tall, with glabrous leaves. [2]
It is native to the subandean ranges between the high Andes to the west and the Amazon lowlands to the east. There are three widely-separated populations – in the Cordillera del Cóndor along the Ecuador-Peru border, in Oxapampa District, including in Yanachaga-Chemillén National Park, in central Peru, and a southern population in Manu National Park. It grows in humid montane rain forests from 1800 to 2400 m elevation. [2]
The genus and species were described by Kenneth John Wurdack and William Farfán Rios in 2017. The genus name is a combination of Inca, the pre-Columbian empire which encompassed much of the species' range, and dendron, the Greek word for tree. The species epithet honors Hans-Joachim Esser of the Botanische Staatssammlung München, an expert on tribe Hippomaneae. [2]