Pleodendron
Encyclopedia
Pleodendron is a genus of plant
in family Canellaceae
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Species include:
Plant
Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...
in family Canellaceae
Canellaceae
The Canellaceae are a family of flowering plants. The family has sixteen species in six genera. The species are highly aromatic evergreen plants, mostly trees and rarely shrubs, which produce essential oils...
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Species include:
- Pleodendron costaricense
- Pleodendron ekmanii
- Pleodendron macranthumPleodendron macranthumPleodendron macranthum is a rare species of tree in the Canellaceae family. It is endemic to Puerto Rico, where there are only three tiny populations remaining. Two individual plants are located in El Yunque and 8 to 10 plants remain in Rio Abajo Commonwealth Forest...