Picrodendron

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Picrodendron
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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 [1]
Species:
P. baccatum
Binomial name
Picrodendron baccatum
(L.) Krug & Urb.
Synonyms [2]
  • 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. [3] [4] It contains one species, Picrodendron baccatum, native to the West Indies (Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica and the Swan Islands of Honduras). [2] [5] [6]

See also

References

  1. Tropicos, search for Picrodendron
  2. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Grisebach, August Heinrich Rudolf. 1859. Flora of the British West Indian Islands 176–177 in English
  4. Tropicos, Picrodendron Griseb.
  5. Cirilo, N. & Proctor, G.R. (1994). Vascular plants of the Caribbean Swan islands of Honduras. Brenesia 41-42: 73-80.
  6. Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.