Williamodendron
{{Short description|Genus of trees}}
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|image_caption = Williamodendron glaucophyllum
|taxon = Williamodendron
|authority = Kubitzki & H.G.Richt.
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Williamodendron is a genus of evergreen trees belonging to the Laurel family, Lauraceae, in South America.{{cite journal |title=A New Species of Williamodendron (Lauraceae) from Southern Brazil |author=Henk van der Werff |journal=Novon |volume=1 |issue=1 |date=Winter 1991 |pages=6–8|jstor=3391709 |doi=10.2307/3391709|s2cid=85578102 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/32002 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40036712 |title= Williamodendron|accessdate=5 August 2010 |format= |work= Tropicos.org |publisher=Missouri Botanical Garden}}
Description
Fruit is globose and subtended by the small persistent tepals, which form a collar at the base of the fruit. The floral characters and the wood and bark anatomy indicate a close relationship between Williamodendron and Mezilaurus.
Species
Five species are accepted.{{cite web |title=Williamodendron Kubitzki & H.G.Richt. |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:925068-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=21 May 2025}}
- Williamodendron cinnamomeum {{small|{{ill|Henk van der Werff|nl|lt=van der Werff}}}}
- Williamodendron glaucophyllum {{small|(van der Werff) Kubitzki & H.G.Richt.}}
- Williamodendron itamarajuense {{small|P.L.R.Moraes}}
- Williamodendron quadrilocellatum {{small|(van der Werff) Kubitzki & H.G. Richt.}}
- Williamodendron spectabile {{small|Kubitzki & H.G.Richt.}}