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'''''Pleuranthodendron''''' is a [[genus]] of [[flowering plant]]s 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]].<ref name="Alford">Alford, M.H. 2006. A new species of ''Hasseltia'' (Salicaceae) from Costa Rica and Panama. ''Brittonia'' 58(3): 277-284.</ref>
'''''Pleuranthodendron''''' is a [[genus]] of [[flowering plant]]s 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.<ref name="Alford">Alford, M.H. 2006. A new species of ''Hasseltia'' (Salicaceae) from Costa Rica and Panama. ''Brittonia'' 58(3): 277-284.</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>
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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Pleuranthodendron
Pleuranthodendron lindenii
Scientific classification Edit this 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]

References

  1. ^ a b Alford, M.H. 2006. A new species of Hasseltia (Salicaceae) from Costa Rica and Panama. Brittonia 58(3): 277-284.
  2. ^ Sleumer, H.O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Flora Neotropica 22: 1-499.
  3. ^ Alford, M. H. 2003. Claves para los géneros de Flacourtiaceae de Perú y del Nuevo Mundo. Arnaldoa 10: 19-38.
  4. ^ 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.