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Formerly placed in the heterogeneous family [[Flacourtiaceae]],<ref name="Sleumer">Sleumer, H.O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. ''Flora Neotropica'' 22: 1-499.</ref> ''Pleuranthodendron'' is now classified in Salicaceae, along with close relatives ''[[Hasseltia]]'' and ''[[Macrothumia]]'', with which they are commonly confused.<ref name="Alford" /><ref name="Alford2">Alford, M. H. 2003. Claves para los géneros de Flacourtiaceae de Perú y del Nuevo Mundo. ''Arnaldoa'' 10: 19-38.</ref><ref name="Gentry">Gentry, A. H. 1993. ''A Field Guide to the Families and Genera of Woody Plants of Northwest South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru).'' Chicago: University of Chicago Press.</ref> |
Formerly placed in the heterogeneous family [[Flacourtiaceae]],<ref name="Sleumer">Sleumer, H.O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. ''Flora Neotropica'' 22: 1-499.</ref> ''Pleuranthodendron'' is now classified in Salicaceae, along with close relatives ''[[Hasseltia]]'' and ''[[Macrothumia]]'', with which they are commonly confused.<ref name="Alford" /><ref name="Alford2">Alford, M. H. 2003. Claves para los géneros de Flacourtiaceae de Perú y del Nuevo Mundo. ''Arnaldoa'' 10: 19-38.</ref><ref name="Gentry">Gentry, A. H. 1993. ''A Field Guide to the Families and Genera of Woody Plants of Northwest South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru).'' Chicago: University of Chicago Press.</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Pleuranthodendron | |
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Pleuranthodendron lindenii | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Salicaceae |
Tribe: | Prockieae |
Genus: | Pleuranthodendron L.O.Williams |
Type species | |
Pleuranthodendron lindenii |
Pleuranthodendron is a genus of flowering plants in the family Salicaceae. It consists of one species of small to medium-sized trees native to the neotropics, specifically Central America and northern South America.[1]
Formerly placed in the heterogeneous family Flacourtiaceae,[2] Pleuranthodendron is now classified in Salicaceae, along with close relatives Hasseltia and Macrothumia, with which they are commonly confused.[1][3][4]
They are poisonous to parrots.
References
- ^ a b Alford, M.H. 2006. A new species of Hasseltia (Salicaceae) from Costa Rica and Panama. Brittonia 58(3): 277-284.
- ^ Sleumer, H.O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Flora Neotropica 22: 1-499.
- ^ Alford, M. H. 2003. Claves para los géneros de Flacourtiaceae de Perú y del Nuevo Mundo. Arnaldoa 10: 19-38.
- ^ Gentry, A. H. 1993. A Field Guide to the Families and Genera of Woody Plants of Northwest South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.