Pleuranthodendron

Pleuranthodendron is a genus of flowering plants in the family Salicaceae. It consists of one species (Pleuranthodendron lindenii) of small to medium-sized trees native to the neotropics, specifically Central America and northern South America.^[1]

Pleuranthodendron
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Salicaceae
Subfamily:	Salicoideae
Tribe:	Prockieae
Genus:	Pleuranthodendron L.O.Williams
Species:	P. lindenii
Binomial name
Pleuranthodendron lindenii (Turcz.) Sleumer

Formerly placed in the heterogeneous family Flacourtiaceae,^[2] Pleuranthodendron is now classified in Salicaceae, along with close relatives Hasseltia and Macrothumia, with which they are commonly confused.^[1][3][4]