Ecuadendron

Ecuadendron
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Detarioideae
Genus:	Ecuadendron
Species:	E. acosta-solisianum
Binomial name
	Ecuadendron acosta-solisianum; D.A.Neill

Ecuadendron is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae, containing the single species Ecuadendron acosta-solisianum.^[2] It is endemic to Ecuador, where it is known from three populations on the coast.^[1] It is threatened because the wood is valuable and it is vulnerable to logging.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Neill, D. & Pitman, N. 2004. Ecuadendron acosta-solisianum. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004. Downloaded on 21 September 2015.
^ Neill, D. A. (1998). Ecuadendron (Fabaceae: Caesalpinioideae: Detarieae): A new arborescent genus from western Ecuador. Novon, 8(1), 45-49.

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[iucn-1] Neill, D. & Pitman, N. 2004. Ecuadendron acosta-solisianum. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004. Downloaded on 21 September 2015.

[dan-2] Neill, D. A. (1998). Ecuadendron (Fabaceae: Caesalpinioideae: Detarieae): A new arborescent genus from western Ecuador. Novon, 8(1), 45-49.

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