Podocalyx

Podocalyx
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
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 casiquiarensis Croizat

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]

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Klotzsch, Johann Friedrich. 1841. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 7(1): 202 in Latin
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Podocalyx Klotzsch

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