Chydenanthus

Chydenanthus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Lecythidaceae
Genus:
Miers
Species:
C. excelsus
Binomial name
Chydenanthus excelsus
(Blume) Miers
Synonyms[1]
  • Barringtonia excelsa Blume
  • Stravadium excelsum (Blume) DC.
  • Michelia excelsa (Blume) Kuntze
  • Barringtonia vriesei Teijsm. & Binn.
  • Doxomma vriesei (Teijsm. & Binn.) Miers
  • Michelia vriesei (Teijsm. & Binn.) Kuntze
  • Barringtonia cymosa C.E.C.Fisch.
  • Barringtonia pietersii R.Knuth
  • Chydenanthus dentatoserratus R.Knuth

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]

References

  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Miers, John. 1875. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, ser. 2 1: 111
  3. ^ Tropicos, Chydenanthus Miers


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