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Argyrodendron

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Argyrodendron
Argyrodendron actinophyllum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Subfamily: Sterculioideae
Genus: Argyrodendron
F.Muell.[1]
Species

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Argyrodendron is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae. Species of Argyrodendron are found in Indonesia, New Guinea, the Philippines and Australia.[1]

Description

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Plants in the genus Argyrodendron are tall trees, usually with buttress roots, the new growth and leaves often covered with shield-shaped scales. The leaves are usually palmately compound with 3 to 9 leaflets. The flowers are arranged in panicles in leaf axils with either male or female flowers. The sepals are cup-shaped with 5 lobes and white or cream-coloured, but there are no petals. Female flowers have 3 to 5 sessile carpels each with a single ovule, joined styles and 15 staminodes at the base. The fruit is a winged samara with a more or less spherical nut at the base.[2]

Taxonomy

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The genus Argyrodendron was first formally described in 1858 by Ferdinand von Mueller in his Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae and the first species he described (the type species) was A. trifoliatum.[3][4] The genus name is derived from ancient Greek argros meaning "silver" and dendron meaning "a tree", referring to the silvery underside of the leaves.[5]

Species list

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The following species of Argyrodendron are accepted by Plants of the World Online as at June 2024:

References

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  1. ^ a b "Argyrodendron". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  2. ^ Harden, Gwen J.; Conn, Barry J. "Genus Argyrodendron". Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Argyrodendron". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  4. ^ von Mueller, Ferdinand (1858). Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. Vol. 1. Melbourne: Victorian Government Printer. p. 2. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  5. ^ Floyd, Alex G. (1989). Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia. Lismore: Inkata Press. p. 387.