Ecuadendron

Ecuadendron
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Ecuadendron
Species: E. acosta-solisianum
Binomial name
Ecuadendron acosta-solisianum
D.A.Neill

Ecuadendron is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae, containing the single species Ecuadendron acosta-solisianum.[1] It is endemic to Ecuador, where it is known from three populations on the coast.[2] It is threatened because the wood is valuable and it is vulnerable to logging.[2]

References

  1. Neill, D. A. (1998). Ecuadendron (Fabaceae: Caesalpinioideae: Detarieae): A new arborescent genus from western Ecuador. Novon, 8(1), 45-49.
  2. 1 2 Neill, D. & Pitman, N. 2004. Ecuadendron acosta-solisianum. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004. Downloaded on 21 September 2015.
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