Chydenanthus is a genus of woody plant in the Lecythidaceae family first described as a genus in 1875.[2][3] There is only one known species, Chydenanthus excelsus, native to Indonesia, Myanmar, New Guinea, and the Andaman & Nicobar Islands.[1]
Chydenanthus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Lecythidaceae |
Genus: | Chydenanthus Miers |
Species: | C. excelsus
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Binomial name | |
Chydenanthus excelsus (Blume) Miers
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Synonyms[1] | |
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References
edit- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Miers, John. 1875. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, ser. 2 1: 111
- ^ Tropicos, Chydenanthus Miers