Pimelodendron

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamilia: Euphorbioideae
Tribus: Stomatocalyceae
Genus: Pimelodendron
Species: P. amboinicum – P. griffithianum – P. macrocarpum – P. zoanthogyne
Name

Pimelodendron Hassk., Verslagen Meded. Afd. Natuurk. Kon. Akad. Wetensch. 4: 140. (1855)

Type species: Pimelodendron amboinicum Hassk., Verslagen Meded. Afd. Natuurk. Kon. Akad. Wetensch. 4: 140. (1855)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Stomatocalyx Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 1142. (1866)

References

Hasskarl, J.C. 1855. Verslagen en Mededeelingen van de Afdeeling Natuurkunde; Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen 4: 140.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Pimelodendron in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 June 24. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Pimelodendron. Published online. Accessed: June 24 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Pimelodendron. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 June 24.

Pimelodendron is a plant genus in the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1855.[2][3] It is native to insular Southeast Asia, Thailand, Papuasia, and Queensland.[1][4]

These are small and large trees, with red to brown bark. The tree has white or yellow, spotty exudate and also contains some latex. The leaves are in general tightly bunched at the end of twigs.

Species[1]

Pimelodendron amboinicum Hassk. - Lesser Sunda Is, Sulawesi, Maluku, New Guinea, Bismarks, Solomons, Queensland
Pimelodendron griffithianum (Müll.Arg.) Benth. ex Hook.f. - S Thailand, W Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra
Pimelodendron macrocarpum J.J.Sm. - W Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra
Pimelodendron zoanthogyne J.J.Sm. - W Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra

Formerly included[1]

moved to Actephila

Pimelodendron dispersum - Actephila excelsa var. javanica

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Hasskarl, Justus Carl. 1855. Verslagen en Mededeelingen van de Afdeeling Natuurkunde; Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen 4: 140
Tropicos, Pimelodendron Hassk.
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.