Kuhlmanniodendron

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Kuhlmanniodendron
Angiospermas endemicas das florestas costeiras da Bahia.jpg
Fig A showing Kuhlmanniodendron macrocarpum (Achariaceae)
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Achariaceae
Genus: Kuhlmanniodendron
Fiaschi & Groppo

Kuhlmanniodendron is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Achariaceae. [1] [2]

It is native to eastern Brazil. [1]

The genus name of Kuhlmanniodendron is in honour of João Geraldo Kuhlmann (1882–1958), a Brazilian botanist, [3] the other part of the name dendron refers to the Greek word for tree. [4] It was first described and published in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. Vol.157 on page 104 in 2008. [1]

Known species, according to Kew: [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Kuhlmanniodendron Fiaschi & Groppo | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  2. Fiaschi, Pedro; Groppo, Milton (2008). "Kuhlmanniodendron Fiaschi & Groppo, a new eastern Brazilian genus of Achariaceae sensu lato segregated from Carpotroche Endl. (formerly included in Flacourtiaceae)". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 157 (1): 103–109. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2007.00761.x .
  3. Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition](pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN   978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID   187926901 . Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  4. Gledhill, David (2008). The Names of Plants. New York, New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN   9780521866453.