''Rehderodendron'' is a genus of five species of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

s in the family

Styracaceae The Styracaceae are a small family of flowering plants in the order Ericales, containing 12 genera and about 160 species of trees and shrubs. The family occurs in warm temperate and subtropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere. The family is ...

, native to southeastern

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, from southwestern

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south to

Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has ...

and

Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...

.Flora of China
''Rehderodendron''
/ref> The genus name of ''Rehderodendron'' is in honour of

Alfred Rehder Alfred Rehder (4 September 1863 in Waldenburg, Saxony – 25 July 1949 in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts) was a German-American botanical taxonomist and dendrologist who worked at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. He is generally re ...

(1863–1949), a German-American botanical taxonomist and dendrologist who worked at the

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. It was first described and published in Sinensia Vol.2 on page 109 in 1932. The species are small

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s growing to 10–15 m tall. ;Species * '' Rehderodendron gongshanense'' Y.C.Tang * ''

Rehderodendron indochinense ''Rehderodendron'' is a genus of five species of flowering plants in the family Styracaceae, native to southeastern Asia, from southwestern China south to Myanmar and Vietnam.Flora of China''Rehderodendron''/ref> The genus name of ''Rehderodendr ...

'' H.L.Li * '' Rehderodendron kwangtungense'' Chun * ''

Rehderodendron kweichowense ''Rehderodendron'' is a genus of five species of flowering plants in the family Styracaceae, native to southeastern Asia, from southwestern China south to Myanmar and Vietnam.Flora of China''Rehderodendron''/ref> The genus name of ''Rehderodendr ...

'' Hu * ''

Rehderodendron macrocarpum ''Rehderodendron macrocarpum'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Styracaceae, native to southwestern China (Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan) and northern Vietnam, where it grows at altitudes of 1,000–1,500 m. It is threatened by habitat lo ...

'' Hu * '' Rehderodendron truongsonense'' Zhao, Wan-Yi, Fritsch, Peter W., Do, Van Truong, Fan, Qiang

Fossil record

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endocarp Fruits are the mature ovary or ovaries of one or more flowers. They are found in three main anatomical categories: aggregate fruits, multiple fruits, and simple fruits. Fruitlike structures may develop directly from the seed itself rather th ...

s of †''Rehderodendron custodum'' from the early

Miocene The Miocene ( ) is the first epoch (geology), geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma). The Miocene was named by Scottish geologist Charles Lyell; the name comes from the Greek words (', "less") and (', "new") and mea ...

, have been found in the Kristina Mine at

Hrádek nad Nisou Hrádek nad Nisou (; , ) is a town in Liberec District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 8,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument zone. Administrative division Hr� ...

North Bohemia North Bohemia (, ) is a region in the north of the Czech Republic. Location North Bohemia roughly covers the present-day NUTS regional unit of ''CZ04 Severozápad'' and the western part of ''CZ05 Severovýchod''. From an administrative perspec ...

, the

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.A review of the early Miocene Mastixioid flora of the Kristina Mine at Hrádek nad Nisou in North Bohemia, The Czech Republic, January 2012 by F. Holý, Z. Kvaček and Vasilis Teodoridis - ACTA MUSEI NATIONALIS PRAGAE Series B – Historia Naturalis • vol. 68 • 2012 • no. 3–4 • pp. 53–118

References

Styracaceae Ericales genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Plants described in 1932 Flora of Bangladesh Flora of South-Central China Flora of Southeast China Flora of Myanmar Flora of Vietnam {{Ericales-stub