Grimmeodendron

Grimmeodendron
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Euphorbioideae
Tribe: Hippomaneae
Subtribe: Hippomaninae
Genus: Grimmeodendron
Urb.
Type species
Grimmeodendron jamaicense
Urb.[1]

Grimmeodendron is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1908.[1][2] It is native to the West Indies.[3][4]

Species[3]
  1. Grimmeodendron eglandulosum (A.Rich.) Urb. - Bahamas, Cuba, Haiti
  2. Grimmeodendron jamaicense Urb. - Jamaica

References

  1. 1 2 Tropicos Grimmeodendron Urb.
  2. Urban, Ignatz. 1908. Symbolae Antillanae seu Fundamenta Florae Indiae Occidentalis 5: 397-399 in Latin
  3. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. 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.


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