Podocalyx

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Picrodendraceae
Tribus: Podocalyceae
Genus: Podocalyx
Species: P. loranthoides
Name

Podocalyx Klotzsch, Arch. Naturgesch. 7: 202. (1841)

monotypic taxon

Synonyms

Homotypic
Richeria sect. Podocalyx (Klotzsch) Müll.Arg., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 15(2.2): 469. (1866).

References

Klotzsch, J.F. 1841. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 7: 202.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Podocalyx in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 June 20. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Podocalyx. Published online. Accessed: June 30 2020.

Podocalyx is a plant genus under the family Picrodendraceae described in 1841.[2][3] It is the sole genus in the subtribe Podocalycinae. There is only one known species, Podocalyx loranthoides, a tree native to Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, and northwestern Brazil.[1]