Grimmeodendron is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1908.[1][2] It is native to the West Indies.[3][4]

Grimmeodendron
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Euphorbioideae
Tribe: Hippomaneae
Subtribe: Hippomaninae
Genus: Grimmeodendron
Urb.
Type species
Grimmeodendron jamaicense
Species[3]
  1. Grimmeodendron eglandulosum (A.Rich.) Urb. - Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola (Dominican Republic, Haiti)[5]
  2. Grimmeodendron jamaicense Urb. - Jamaica

References

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  1. ^ a b Tropicos Grimmeodendron Urb.
  2. ^ Urban, Ignatz. 1908. Symbolae Antillanae seu Fundamenta Florae Indiae Occidentalis 5: 397-399 in Latin
  3. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Freid, E.H.; Timyan, J. (2022). "Grimmeodendron eglandulosum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T202825543A202880968. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T202825543A202880968.en. Retrieved 24 July 2022.