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Argyrodendron
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] DescriptionPlants 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] TaxonomyThe 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 listThe following species of Argyrodendron are accepted by Plants of the World Online as at June 2024:
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