Kjellbergiodendron is a genus of the botanical family Myrtaceae, first described as a genus in 1936.[2][3] It contains only one known species, Kjellbergiodendron celebicum, endemic to the Island of Sulawesi in Indonesia.[1][4][5]

Kjellbergiodendron
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Subfamily: Myrtoideae
Tribe: Lophostemoneae
Genus: Kjellbergiodendron
Burret
Species:
K. celebicum
Binomial name
Kjellbergiodendron celebicum
(Koord.) Merr.
Synonyms[1]
  • Xanthostemon celebicus Koord.
  • Tristania celebica Koord.-Schum., name published without description
  • Tristania anacardiifolia Ridl.
  • Kjellbergiodendron hylogeiton Burret
  • Kjellbergiodendron limnogeiton Burret

References

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  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Burret, (Maximilian) Karl Ewald. 1936. Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin-Dahlem 13: 101
  3. ^ Tropicos, Kjellbergiodendron Burret
  4. ^ Merrill, Elmer Drew. 1952. Notes on Xanthostemon F. Mueller and Kjellbergiodendron Burret. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 33(3): 150-165
  5. ^ Govaerts, R., Sobral, N., Ashton, P., Barrie, F., Holst, B.K., Landrum, L.L., Matsumoto, K., Fernanda Mazine, F., Nic Lughadha, E., Proença, C. & al. (2008). World Checklist of Myrtaceae: 1-455. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.