''Rhabdodendron'' is a genus 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 ...
in the family
Rhabdodendraceae
''Rhabdodendron'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Rhabdodendraceae. It comprises three species of Tropics, tropical South American trees.
It is placed in its own family (biology), family, Rhabdodendraceae, which has only been recogni ...
.
It comprises three
species
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of
tropical
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South America
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n trees.
[
It is placed in its own ]family
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, Rhabdodendraceae, which has only been recognized for the past few decades. The 2003 APG II system (unchanged from the 1998 APG system
The APG system (Angiosperm Phylogeny Group system) of plant classification is the first version of a modern, mostly molecular-based, system of plant taxonomy. Published in 1998 by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, it was replaced by the improved ...
) assigned it to the order Caryophyllales in the clade core eudicots. The 1981 Cronquist system
The Cronquist system is a list of systems of plant taxonomy, taxonomic classification system of angiosperms, flowering plants. It was developed by Arthur Cronquist in a series of monographs and texts, including ''The Evolution and Classification of ...
placed it in the order Rosales. Before the creation of the family Rhabdodendraceae, the genus ''Rhabdodendron'' had a very lively history as to taxonomic placement.
References
External links
Rhabdodendraceae
in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards).
The families of flowering plants
descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval.'' Version: 2 June 2006. http://delta-intkey.com
Caryophyllales
Caryophyllales genera
Flora of Southern America
Taxa named by Ernest Friedrich Gilg
Taxa named by Robert Knud Friedrich Pilger
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