''Burretiodendron'' is a genus of trees. Traditionally included in the

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Tiliaceae Tiliaceae () is a family of flowering plants. It is not a part of the APG, APG II and APG III classifications, being sunk in Malvaceae mostly as the subfamilies Tilioideae, Brownlowioideae and Grewioideae, but has an extensive historical re ...

, it is included in the expanded

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in the

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and most subsequent systematics. It contains some species formerly in the (not too closely related) genus ''

Pentace ''Pentace'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae ''sensu lato'' or Tiliaceae. It includes 30 species native to tropical Asia, ranging from Bangladesh through Indochina and Malesia to the Philippines and the Lesser Sunda Islands ...

''. Thus, ''Parapentace'' Gagnep. may be a synonym of ''Burretiodendron'' rather than ''Pentace''. These are deciduous or semi-evergreen trees with heart-shaped leaves and winged capsules. This genus is native to and distributed in Asia, from southern China to Vietnam, Myanmar, and Thailand.Li, J., Tang, Y., & Shoup, S. (2004)
Sequences of nrDNA support ''Excentrodendron'' and ''Burretiodendron'' (Malvaceae).
''Harvard Papers in Botany'', 83-88."''Burretiodendron'' Rehder". ''Plants of the World Online'', Kew Science. Accessed 7 January 2024

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Species

Species include: *'' Burretiodendron brilletii'' (Gagnep.) Kosterm. northern Vietnam *'' Burretiodendron esquirolii'' (H.Lév.) Rehder southern China, Myanmar, Thailand *''

Burretiodendron kydiifolium ''Burretiodendron'' is a genus of trees. Traditionally included in the family (biology), family Tiliaceae, it is included in the expanded Malvaceae in the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, APG and most subsequent systematics. It contains some species f ...

'' Y.C.Hsu & R.Zhuge – southern Yunnan (China) *'' Burretiodendron obconicum'' W.Y.Chun & F.C.How – Guangxi (China) *'' Burretiodendron siamense'' Kosterm. – west-central Thailand and Mergui Archipelago (Myanmar) *'' Burretiodendron tonkinense'' (A.Chev.) Kosterm. (synonym '' Burretiodendron hsienmu'' ) – Yunnan and Guangxi (China), and northern Vietnam

Formerly placed here

*'' Craigia yunnanensis'' (as ''Burretiodendron combretoides'' and ''Burretiodendron yunnanense'' )

References

Malvaceae genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Dombeyoideae Flora of the Indomalayan realm Taxa named by Alfred Rehder {{Malvaceae-stub