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Genus of flowering plants From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Parodiodendron is a monotypic plant genus under the family Picrodendraceae, described as a genus in 1969.[3][4] The sole species is Parodiodendron marginivillosum (Speg.) Hunz..[5]
Parodiodendron | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Picrodendraceae |
Tribe: | Picrodendreae |
Subtribe: | Picrodendrinae |
Genus: | Parodiodendron Hunz. |
Species: | P. marginivillosum |
Binomial name | |
Parodiodendron marginivillosum (Speg.) Hunz. | |
Synonyms[2] | |
Phyllanthus marginivillosus Speg. |
It is found in northern Argentina (Jujuy and Salta Provinces), Bolivia (Tarija and Santa Cruz departments).[2][6]
It is listed as vulnerable, threatened by habitat loss.[1]
The genus name of Parodiodendron is in honour of Lorenzo Raimundo Parodi (1895–1966), an Argentinian botanist and agricultural engineer, professor of botany in Buenos Aires and La Plata with a focus on South American grasses.[7] It was first described and published in Kurtziana Vol.5 on page 331 in 1969.[5]
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