Friedmannodendron
Genus of flowering plants
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Friedmannodendron is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae. It includes a single species, Friedmannodendron rodriguesiana, a tree endemic to the island of Rodrigues.[2]
| Friedmannodendron | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Genus: | Friedmannodendron Le Péchon & Skema |
| Species: | F. rodriguesiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Friedmannodendron rodriguesiana (F.Friedmann) Le Péchon & Skema | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Dombeya rodriguesiana F.Friedmann | |
The species was first described as Dombeya rodriguesiana by Francis Friedmann in 1981. In 2024 Timothée Le Péchon and Cynthia Skema placed the species in the new monotypic genus Friedmanniodendron as F. rodriguesiana.[2][3]