Glycydendron

Glycydendron
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Crotonoideae
Tribe: Adenoclineae
Subtribe: Adenoclininae
Genus: Glycydendron
Ducke

Glycydendron is a genus of plants, under the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1922.[1] It is native to South America.[2][3][4][5]

Species
  1. Glycydendron amazonicum Ducke - French Guinea, Suriname, Guyana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, northwestern Brazil, possibly Colombia
  2. Glycydendron espiritosantense Kuhlm, - State of Espirito Santo in Brazil

References

  1. ↑ Ducke, Walter Adolpho. 1922. Archivos do Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro 3: 199 descriptions in Latin, commentary in French
  2. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ↑ Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  4. ↑ Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
  5. ↑ Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.


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