Picrodendron

Picrodendron is a genus of plant in the family Picrodendraceae, described in 1859.[3][4] It contains one species, Picrodendron baccatum, native to the West Indies (Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica and the Swan Islands of Honduras).[2][5][6]

Picrodendron
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Picrodendraceae
Tribe: Picrodendreae
Subtribe: Picrodendrinae
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

See also

References
  1. Tropicos, search for Picrodendron
  2. 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.


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