Picrodendron

Picrodendron
Picrodendron baccatum in the Cayman Islands
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Picrodendraceae
Tribe:	Picrodendreae
Subtribe:	Picrodendrinae
Genus:	Picrodendron Griseb. 1859, conserved name, not Planch. 1846 [2]
Species:	P. baccatum
Binomial name
Picrodendron baccatum (L.) Krug & Urb.
Synonyms [3]
Juglans baccataL. Picrodendron juglansGriseb. Schmidelia macrocarpaA.Rich. Picrodendron macrocarpum(A.Rich.) Britton Picrodendron mediumSmall

Picrodendron is a genus of plant in the family Picrodendraceae, described in 1859. ^{[4] [5]} It contains one species, Picrodendron baccatum, native to the West Indies (Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica and the Swan Islands of Honduras). ^{[3] [6] [7]}

See also

• Taxonomy of the Picrodendraceae

References

1. Freid, E.H. (2022). "Picrodendron baccatum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2022 e.T202838448A202881013. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T202838448A202881013.en . Retrieved 10 January 2026.
2. "search for Picrodendron". Tropicos.
3. "Picrodendron baccatum (L.) Krug & Urb". World Flora Online .
4. Grisebach, August Heinrich Rudolf (1859). Flora of the British West Indian Islands. pp. 176–177.
5. "Picrodendron Griseb". Tropicos.
6. Cirilo, N.; Proctor, G.R. (1994). "Vascular plants of the Caribbean Swan islands of Honduras". Brenesia. 41–42: 73–80.
7. Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas (in Spanish). Tegucigalpa, Honduras: SERNA/Guaymuras.