Picrodendron

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Picrodendron
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Picrodendraceae
Tribe: Picrodendreae
Subtribe:
Genus: Picrodendron
Griseb. 1859, conserved name, not Planch. 1846[1]
Species:
P. baccatum
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]

See also[]

  • Taxonomy of the Picrodendraceae

References[]

  1. ^ Tropicos, search for Picrodendron
  2. ^ a b 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.


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