Isidodendron | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Trigoniaceae |
Genus: | Isidodendron Fern.Alonso, Pérez-Zab. & Idarraga |
Species: | I. tripterocarpum |
Binomial name | |
Isidodendron tripterocarpum Fern.Alonso, Pérez-Zab. & Idarraga | |
Isidodendron is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Trigoniaceae. The only species is Isidodendron tripterocarpum. [1]
It is native to Colombia. [1]
The genus name of Isidodendron is in honour of Isidoro Cabrera-Rodriguez (b. 1922), a Colombian dendrologist and plant collector at the herbarium of the University of Valle, [2] with the prefix of dendron the Greek word which refers to tree. [3] The Latin specific epithet of tripterocarpum refers to 'tri' meaning 3, Greek 'pterón' meaning wing or feather and 'carp' meaning fruit from the Greek word of καρπός (karpós). [4]
Both genus and species were first described and published in Revista Acad. Colomb. Ci. Exact. Vol.24 on page 348 in 2000. [1] [5]
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