Picrodendron baccatum

Picrodendron baccatum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malpighiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Picrodendraceae
Tribus: Picrodendreae
Genus: Picrodendron
Species: Picrodendron baccatum

Name

Picrodendron baccatum (L.) Krug & Urb., 1892

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Juglans baccata L. in Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1272 (1759)
  • Picrodendron juglans Griseb. in Fl. Brit. W. I.: 177 (1861), nom. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Picrodendron macrocarpum (A.Rich.) Britton in Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 4: 139 (1906)
  • Picrodendron medium Small in J. New York Bot. Gard. 18: 185 (1917)
  • Schmidelia macrocarpa A.Rich. in R.de la Sagra, Hist. Fis. Cuba, Bot. 11: 283 (1850)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional:Australia Bahamas, Cayman Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Southwest Caribbean Introduced into: Trinidad-Tobago References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Urban, I. 1892. Additamenta ad cognitionem florae Indiae occidentalis. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 15(3): 286-361. BHL Reference page.  15:308.

Additional references

• Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Picrodendron baccatum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 May 06. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Picrodendron baccatum. Published online. Accessed: May 06 2025. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2025. Picrodendron baccatum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2025. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2025 May 06. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2025. Picrodendron baccatum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 06 May 2025. Reference page.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Picrodendron baccatum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Jamaica walnut