Hondurodendron

Hondurodendron is a monotypic genus of tree endemic to Honduras. The only species in the genus, H. urceolatum, was discovered during 2004 and 2006 botanical surveys of plants in Parque Nacional El Cusuco in northwest Honduras. It was subsequently described in 2010 by Carmen Ulloa Ulloa, Daniel L. Nickrent, Caroline Whitefoord, and Daniel L. Kelly in the Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden.[2]

Hondurodendron
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Core eudicots
Order:
Santalales
Family:
Aptandraceae
Genus:
Hondurodendron

C.Ulloa et al.
Species:
H. urceolatum
Binomial name
Hondurodendron urceolatum
C.Ulloa, Nickrent, Whitef. & D.L.Kelly[1]

Photographs of this species can be seen on the Parasitic Plant Connection Aptandraceae web page (link below).

References
  1. Govaerts, R. et al. (2019) Plants of the world online: Hondurodendron urceolatum. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved July 2019.
  2. Ulloa CU, DL Nickrent, C Whitefoord, and DL Kelly. 2010. Hondurodendron, a new monotypic genus of Aptandraceae from Honduras. Archived 2012-10-06 at the Wayback Machine Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 97: 457-467.
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