Pachystroma

{{Short description|Genus of trees}}

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|genus = Pachystroma

|parent_authority = Müll.Arg.

|species = longifolium

|authority = (Nees) I.M.Johnst.

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|synonyms = *Acantholoma Gaudich. ex Baill.

• Ilex longifolia {{au|Nees}}
• Pachystroma ilicifolium {{au|Müll. Arg.}}
• Acantholoma spinosum Baill.
• Pachystroma castaneifolium Klotzsch ex Pax

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Pachystroma is a monotypic plant genus in the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1865.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/119835#page/181/mode/1up Müller Argoviensis, Johannes. 1865. Linnaea 34: 177-178] in Latin[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40036122 Tropicos, Pachystroma Müll. Arg.] It is the only genus of its tribe (Pachystromateae). The only known species is Pachystroma longifolium, native to Brazil, Bolivia and Peru.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=145396 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]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.Oliveira-Filho, A.T. (2006). Catálogo das Árvores nativas de Minas Gerais: 1-423. Editora UFLA, Lavas, Brasil.{{Cite book|title=Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology|last=Grandtner|first=M. M.|last2=Chevrette|first2=Julien|date=2013|publisher=Academic Press|isbn=9780123969545|pages=473|language=en}}