| Dendrosicyos | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Cucurbitales |
| Family: | Cucurbitaceae |
| Genus: | Dendrosicyos |
| Species: | D. socotranus |
| Binomial name | |
| Dendrosicyos socotranus Balf.f. |
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Dendrosicyos is a monotypic genus in the Cucurbitaceae. The only species is Dendrosicyos socotranus, the cucumber tree. The species is endemic to Soqotra and is the only species in the Cucurbitaceae to grow in a tree form. It has bulbous trunk and a small crown.[1] It was first described by Isaac Bayley Balfour in 1882.[2]
References
- ^ Kingdon, Jonathan (1989). Island Africa: The Evolution of Africa's Rare Plants and Animals. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. pp. 40-41. ISBN 0-691-08560-9.
- ^ Miller, A. (2004). Dendrosicyos socotrana. In: IUCN 2004. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 November 2009.
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