Commidendrum

Commidendrum is a genus of trees and shrubs in the family Asteraceae endemic to the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean. The vernacular name is gumwood or scrubwood.

Species

Scrubwood

GENUS

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderAsterales
FamilyAsteraceae

Observations22

Observations recorded402

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 9
With media: 5
Family: Asteraceae
Collections: MNHN, UPS
Recorded in: Sainte HéLèNe, Saint Helena, Ascension And Tristan Da Cunha

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Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Asteraceae
Image: Commidendron rugosum1.jpg

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taxon name: Commidendrum
taxon rank: genus
topic's main category: Category:Commidendrum
GRIN URL: npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=2848
Commons category: Commidendrum
taxon author citation: Burch. ex DC.

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Commidendrum is a genus of trees and shrubs in the family Asteraceae endemic to the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean. The vernacular name is gumwood or scrubwood. Species †Commidendrum burchellii (Hook.f.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Hemsl. Commidendrum robustum (Roxb.) DC. (Saint Helena gumwood) Commidendrum rotundifolium (Roxb.) DC. (bastard gumwood) Commidendrum rugosum (Aiton) DC. (scrubwood) Commidendrum spurium (G. Forst.) DC. (false gumwood)

==References==

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