Cheirodendron bastardianum

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

{{Speciesbox

|status = LC

|status_system = IUCN2.3

|status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Florence, J. |year=1998 |title=Cheirodendron bastardianum |volume=1998 |page=e.T35047A9908349 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T35047A9908349.en |access-date=7 December 2023}}

|genus = Cheirodendron

|species = bastardianum

|authority = (Decne.) Frodin (1990)

|synonyms =

  • Aralia bastardiana {{small|Decne. (1855)}}
  • Cheirodendron marquesense {{small|F.Br. (1935)}}
  • Nothopanax bastardianus {{small|(Decne.) Harms (1894)}}
  • Panax bastardianus {{small|(Decne.) Decne. (1864)}}
  • Polyscias bastardianum {{small|(Decne.) S.L.Welsh (1998)}}

|synonyms_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:948123-1 Cheirodendron bastardianum (Decne.) Frodin]. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 7 December 2023.

}}

Cheirodendron bastardianum is a species of flowering plant in the family Araliaceae. It is a tree endemic to the Marquesas Islands.

Cheirodendron bastardianum is a common canopy tree in low-canopied cloud forests above 1000 meters elevation, along with the trees Ilex anomala and Metrosideros collina and climbers of Freycinetia spp.{{WWF ecoregion|name=Marquesas tropical moist forests|id=oc0108}}

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