Dioicodendron

Dioicodendron is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, viz. Dioicodendron dioicum, which is found from western South America to northwestern Venezuela.^[1]

Dioicodendron
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Subfamily:	Ixoroideae
Tribe:	Dialypetalantheae
Genus:	Dioicodendron Steyerm.
Species:	D. dioicum
Binomial name
Dioicodendron dioicum (K.Schum. & K.Krause) Steyerm.
Synonyms
Chimarrhis dioica K.Schum. & K.Krause Chimarrhis venezuelensis Standl. & Steyerm. Dioicodendron cuatrecasasii Steyerm.

Some authors recognize a second species, Dioicodendron cuatrecasasii.^[2]