Argyrodendron is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae. Species of Argyrodendron are found in Indonesia, New Guinea, the Philippines and Australia.[1]
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| Argyrodendron actinophyllum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Subfamily: | Sterculioideae |
| Genus: | Argyrodendron F.Muell.[1] |
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Description
editPlants in the genus Argyrodendron are tall trees, usually with buttress roots, the new growth and leaves often covered with shield-shaped scales. The leaves are usually palmately compound with 3 to 9 leaflets. The flowers are arranged in panicles in leaf axils with either male or female flowers. The sepals are cup-shaped with 5 lobes and white or cream-coloured, but there are no petals. Female flowers have 3 to 5 sessile carpels each with a single ovule, joined styles and 15 staminodes at the base. The fruit is a winged samara with a more or less spherical nut at the base.[2]
Taxonomy
editThe genus Argyrodendron was first formally described in 1858 by Ferdinand von Mueller in his Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae and the first species he described (the type species) was A. trifoliatum.[3][4] The genus name is derived from ancient Greek argros meaning "silver" and dendron meaning "a tree", referring to the silvery underside of the leaves.[5]
Species list
editThe following species of Argyrodendron are accepted by Plants of the World Online as at June 2024:
- Argyrodendron actinophyllum (F.Muell.) Edlin
- Argyrodendron peralatum (F.M.Bailey) Edlin ex I.H.Boas
- Argyrodendron polyandrum L.S.Sm.
- Argyrodendron trifoliolatum F.Muell.
References
edit- ^ a b "Argyrodendron". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
- ^ Harden, Gwen J.; Conn, Barry J. "Genus Argyrodendron". Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
- ^ "Argyrodendron". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
- ^ von Mueller, Ferdinand (1858). Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. Vol. 1. Melbourne: Victorian Government Printer. p. 2. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
- ^ Floyd, Alex G. (1989). Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia. Lismore: Inkata Press. p. 387.