Rehderodendron
Genus of flowering plants
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Rehderodendron is a genus of five species of flowering plants in the family Styracaceae, native to southeastern Asia, from southwestern China south to Myanmar and Vietnam.[1]
| Rehderodendron | |
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| Rehderodendron macrocarpum foliage and fruit | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Styracaceae |
| Genus: | Rehderodendron Hu |
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The genus name of Rehderodendron is in honour of Alfred Rehder (1863–1949), a German-American botanical taxonomist and dendrologist who worked at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University.[2] It was first described and published in Sinensia Vol.2 on page 109 in 1932.[3]
The species are small deciduous trees growing to 10–15 m tall.[1]
- Species
- Rehderodendron gongshanense Y.C.Tang
- Rehderodendron indochinense H.L.Li
- Rehderodendron kwangtungense Chun
- Rehderodendron kweichowense Hu
- Rehderodendron macrocarpum Hu
- Rehderodendron truongsonense Zhao, Wan-Yi, Fritsch, Peter W., Do, Van Truong, Fan, Qiang[4][5]
Fossil record
40 fossil endocarps of †Rehderodendron custodum from the early Miocene, have been found in the Kristina Mine at Hrádek nad Nisou in North Bohemia, the Czech Republic.[6]
