Picrodendron

Picrodendron
Picrodendron baccatum in the Cayman Islands
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[2]
Species:
P. baccatum
Binomial name
Picrodendron baccatum
(L.) Krug & Urb.
Synonyms[3]
  • Juglans baccata L.
  • Picrodendron juglans Griseb.
  • Schmidelia macrocarpa A.Rich.
  • Picrodendron macrocarpum (A.Rich.) Britton
  • Picrodendron medium Small

Picrodendron is a genus of plant in the family Picrodendraceae, described in 1859.[4][5] It contains one species, Picrodendron baccatum, native to the West Indies (Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica and the Swan Islands of Honduras).[3][6][7]

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References

  1. ^ Freid, E.H. (2022). "Picrodendron baccatum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022 e.T202838448A202881013. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T202838448A202881013.en. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
  2. ^ "search for Picrodendron". Tropicos.
  3. ^ a b "Picrodendron baccatum (L.) Krug & Urb". World Flora Online.
  4. ^ Grisebach, August Heinrich Rudolf (1859). Flora of the British West Indian Islands. pp. 176–177.
  5. ^ "Picrodendron Griseb". Tropicos.
  6. ^ Cirilo, N.; Proctor, G.R. (1994). "Vascular plants of the Caribbean Swan islands of Honduras". Brenesia. 41–42: 73–80.
  7. ^ Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas (in Spanish). Tegucigalpa, Honduras: SERNA/Guaymuras.