Trochodendron is a genus of flowering plants with one living species, Trochodendron aralioides, and six extinct species known from the fossil record. It was often considered the sole genus in the family Trochodendraceae, though botanists now also include the distinct genus Tetracentron in the family.
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Trochodendron is a genus of flowering plants with one living species, Trochodendron aralioides, and six extinct species known from the fossil record. It was often considered the sole genus in the family Trochodendraceae, though botanists now also include the distinct genus Tetracentron in the family.
==Species== Trochodendron aralioides †Trochodendron beckii †Trochodendron drachukii (Infructescence; Ypresian, McAbee Fossil Beds, British Columbia) †Trochodendron evenense (Leaves; Miocene, Kamchatka) †Trochodendron infernense (Infructescence; Late Palaeocene, Fort Union Formation) †Trochodendron kamtschaticum (Infructescence; Miocene, Kamchatka) †Trochodendron nastae (Leaves; Ypresian, Klondike Mountain Formation, Washington state) †Trochodendron postnastae (Leaves; Langhian, Moose Mountain Flora, Oregon) †Trochodendron protoaralioides (Leaves; late Miocene, Japan) †Trochodendron rosayi (Infructescence; Langhian, Moose Mountain Flora, Oregon)
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