''Ruizodendron'' is a
monotypic genus
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of
flowering plant
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s belonging to the family
Annonaceae. It is part of
Malmeoideae
The ''Malmeoideae'' are a subfamily of trees and other plants of the family Annonaceae.
Tribes and Genera
The Angiosperm Phylogeny Website, which recognises Malmeoideae as one of four subfamilies, containing 9 tribes and the following genera: ...
subfamily and ''Malmeeae'' tribe.
The only knowns species is ''Ruizodendron ovale''.
Its native range is western South America and it is found in northern Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Honduras and Peru.
It grows in tropical rain forests.
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The genus name of ''Ruizodendron'' is in honour of Hipólito Ruiz López (1754–1815), a Spanish botanist known for researching the floras of Peru and Chile during an expedition under Carlos III from 1777 to 1788, and the Greek word for tree ''dendron''.][ The Latin ]specific epithet
In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...
of ''ovale'' is derived from Latin ''ovum'' meaning egg-shaped.
References
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Annonaceae
Annonaceae genera
Monotypic magnoliid genera
Plants described in 1936
Flora of western South America
Flora of North Brazil