Podocalyx

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Podocalyx
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Picrodendraceae
Tribe: Podocalyceae
Subtribe: Podocalycinae
Genus: Podocalyx
Klotzsch
Species:
P. loranthoides
Binomial name
Podocalyx loranthoides
Synonyms [1]
  • Richeria loranthoides(Klotzsch) Müll.Arg.
  • Cunuria casiquiarensisCroizat

Podocalyx is a plant genus under the family Picrodendraceae described in 1841. [2] [3] It is the sole genus in the subtribe Podocalycinae. There is only one known species, Podocalyx loranthoides, a tree native to Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, and northwestern Brazil. [1]

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