Dendrobangia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Metteniusaceae.Stevens, P.F. (2001 onwards). "Metteniusaceae". Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Retrieved 2016-06-09. It was formerly placed in the family Cardiopteridaceae. It was described as a genus in 1896.Rusby, Henry Hurd. 1896. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 6(1): 19–20 in EnglishTropicos, Dendrobangia Rusbyde Roon, A. C. 1994. 112. Icacinaceae. 16: 82–109. In A. R. A. Görts-van Rijn (ed.) Flora of the Guianas. Series A, Phanerogams. Koeltz Scientific Books, Königsteinduno de stefano. 2007. Tratamiento taxonomico del genero Dendrobangia Rusby (Cardiopteridaceae o Icacinaceae). Candollea 62(1): 91–103Howard, R. A. 1976 . Flora of Panama, Part VI. Family 106. Icacinaceae. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 63(3): 399–417
Dendrobangia is native to South America and Costa Rica.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
species Dendrobangia boliviana Rusby – Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil Dendrobangia multinervia Ducke – Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, NW Brazil
References
External links photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Bolivia, type specimen of Dendrobangia boliviana