Pleuranthodendron

Pleuranthodendron
Pleuranthodendron lindenii in Mexico
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Salicaceae
Subfamily: Salicoideae
Tribe: Prockieae
Genus: Pleuranthodendron
L.O.Williams
Species:
P. lindenii
Binomial name
Pleuranthodendron lindenii

Pleuranthodendron is a genus of flowering plants in the family Salicaceae. It consists of one species (Pleuranthodendron lindenii) of small to medium-sized trees native to the neotropics, specifically Mexico, Central America and northern South America.[2]

Formerly placed in the heterogeneous family Flacourtiaceae,[3] Pleuranthodendron is now classified in Salicaceae, along with close relatives Hasseltia and Macrothumia, with which they are commonly confused.[2][4][5]

References

  1. ^ Condit, R. (2025) [amended version of 2019 assessment]. "Pleuranthodendron lindenii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2025 e.T151830119A281340718. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-2.RLTS.T151830119A281340718.en. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
  2. ^ a b Alford, M.H. 2006. A new species of Hasseltia (Salicaceae) from Costa Rica and Panama. Brittonia 58(3): 277-284.
  3. ^ Sleumer, H.O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Flora Neotropica 22: 1-499.
  4. ^ Alford, M. H. 2003. Claves para los géneros de Flacourtiaceae de Perú y del Nuevo Mundo. Arnaldoa 10: 19-38.
  5. ^ 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.