Euryodendron

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Speciesbox |status = CR |status_system = IUCN3.1 |status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 15 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Barstow, M. |date=2020 |title=''Euryodendron excelsum'' |volume=2020 |article-number=e.T32348A177362929 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T32348A177362929.en |access-date=15 November 2021}}</ref> |genus = Euryodendron |parent_authority = H.T.Chang |species = excelsum |authority = H.T.Chang<ref name=TPL>{{ThePlantList | accessdate = 22 June 2017}}</ref> }}

'''''Euryodendron''''' is a genus of plant in family Pentaphylacaceae.<ref>{{Citation |last=Stevens |first=P.F. |title=Angiosperm Phylogeny Website |url=http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/APweb/ |access-date=2014-09-18 }}</ref> The genus currently contains a single species, '''''Euryodendron excelsum'''''. It is endemic to China. It is threatened by habitat loss.

A 2017 survey carried out in Guangdong Province found the species close to extinction, with only 76 trees left. A further 300 trees have been planted in an attempt to save the species.<ref name=sixthtone> {{cite web | author = Ni Dandan | url = http://www.sixthtone.com/news/1000373/guangdong-hardwood-species-down-to-last-76-trees | title = Guangdong Hardwood Species Down to Last 76 Trees | date = 21 June 2017 | publisher = Sixth Tone | access-date = 21 June 2017 }}</ref>

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