Pimelodendron

Pimelodendron is a plant genus in the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1855.[2][3] It is native to insular Southeast Asia, Thailand, Papuasia, and Queensland.[1][4]

Pimelodendron
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Euphorbioideae
Tribe: Stomatocalyceae
Subtribe: Stomatocalycinae
Genus: Pimelodendron
Hassk.
Synonyms[1]

Stomatocalyx Müll.Arg.

These are small and large trees, with red to brown bark. The tree has white or yellow, spotty exudate and also contains some latex. The leaves are in general tightly bunched at the end of twigs.

Species[1]
  1. Pimelodendron amboinicum Hassk. - Lesser Sunda Is, Sulawesi, Maluku, New Guinea, Bismarks, Solomons, Queensland
  2. Pimelodendron griffithianum (Müll.Arg.) Benth. ex Hook.f. - S Thailand, W Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra
  3. Pimelodendron macrocarpum J.J.Sm. - W Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra
  4. Pimelodendron zoanthogyne J.J.Sm. - W Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra
Formerly included[1]

moved to Actephila

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Hasskarl, Justus Carl. 1855. Verslagen en Mededeelingen van de Afdeeling Natuurkunde; Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen 4: 140
  3. Tropicos, Pimelodendron Hassk.
  4. Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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