Picrodendron

Picrodendron
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Picrodendraceae
Tribe: Picrodendreae
Subtribe: Picrodendrinae
Genus: Picrodendron
Griseb. 1859, conserved name, not Planch. 1846[1]
Binomial name
Picrodendron baccatum
(L.) Krug & Urb.
Synonyms[2]
  • Juglans baccata L.
  • Picrodendron juglans Griseb.
  • Schmidelia macrocarpa A.Rich.
  • Picrodendron macrocarpum (A.Rich.) Britton
  • Picrodendron medium Small

Picrodendron is a genus of plant belonging to the family Picrodendraceae described as a genus in 1859.[3][4]

Picrodendron contains only one known species, Picrodendron baccatum, native to the West Indies (Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Swan Islands of Honduras).[2][5][6][7]

References

  1. ↑ Tropicos, search for Picrodendron
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 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.
  7. ↑ Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.

See also