''Parodiodendron'' is a

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, described as a genus in 1969. The sole species is ''Parodiodendron marginivillosum'' . It is found in northern

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. The genus name of ''Parodiodendron'' is in honour of

Lorenzo Raimundo Parodi Lorenzo Raimundo Parodi (born 23 January 1895 in Pergamino, Buenos Aires Province - died 21 April 1966 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentinian botanist and agronomist. Parodi studied at the University of Buenos Aires Faculty of Agronomy under Luci ...

(1895–1966), an Argentinian botanist and agricultural engineer, professor of botany in

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with a focus on South American grasses. It was first described and published in Kurtziana Vol.5 on page 331 in 1969.

References

Monotypic Malpighiales genera Picrodendraceae Flora of Bolivia Plants described in 1969 Flora of Northwest Argentina {{Malpighiales-stub

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