Podocalyx

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]

Podocalyx
Scientific classification
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

See also

• Taxonomy of the Picrodendraceae