Biology:Podocalyx

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Podocalyx
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Picrodendraceae
Tribe: Podocalyceae
Subtribe: Podocalycinae
Genus: Podocalyx
Klotzsch
Species:
P. loranthoides
Binomial name
Podocalyx loranthoides
Klotzsch
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]

See also

  • Taxonomy of the Picrodendraceae

References

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