Caryodendron is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1860.[2][3] The genus includes C. orinocense, known as the Inchi tree or Tacay nut. It is native to Central America and South America.[1][4][5][6][7] They are dioecious trees.[8]
| Caryodendron | |
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| Caryodendron orinocense in Colombia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Acalyphoideae |
| Tribe: | Caryodendreae |
| Genus: | Caryodendron H.Karst. |
| Type species | |
| Caryodendron orinocense | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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- Species[1]
- Caryodendron amazonicum Ducke - Amazonas in Brazil
- Caryodendron angustifolium Standl. - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia
- Caryodendron janeirense Müll.Arg. - Rio de Janeiro
- Caryodendron orinocense H.Karst - Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador
References
edit- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Karsten, Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann. 1860. Florae Columbiae terraumque adjacentium specimina selecta in peregrinatione duodecim annorum observata delineavit et descripsit 1: 91-92 descriptions in Latin, commentary in German
- ^ Tropicos
- ^ 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.
- ^ Burger, W.C. & M.J. Huft. 1995. Family 113. Euphorbiaceae. En: W. C. Burger (ed.), Flora Costaricensis. Fieldiana, Botany, n.s. 36: 1–169.
- ^ Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2015-08-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link). Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro - ^ Webster, G. L. & M.J. Huft. 1988. Revised synopsis of Panamanian Euphorbiaceae. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 75(3): 1087–1144
- ^ Flowering Plants. Eudicots: Malpighiales. Germany, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2013.
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