Chydenanthus

Chydenanthus is a genus of woody plant in the Lecythidaceae family first described as a genus in 1875.^[2][3] There is only one known species, Chydenanthus excelsus, native to Indonesia, Myanmar, New Guinea, and the Andaman & Nicobar Islands.^[1]

Chydenanthus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Lecythidaceae
Genus:	Chydenanthus Miers
Species:	C. excelsus
Binomial name
Chydenanthus excelsus (Blume) Miers
Synonyms[1]
Barringtonia excelsa Blume Stravadium excelsum (Blume) DC. Michelia excelsa (Blume) Kuntze Barringtonia vriesei Teijsm. & Binn. Doxomma vriesei (Teijsm. & Binn.) Miers Michelia vriesei (Teijsm. & Binn.) Kuntze Barringtonia cymosa C.E.C.Fisch. Barringtonia pietersii R.Knuth Chydenanthus dentatoserratus R.Knuth