{{Short description|Genus of trees}} {{automatic taxobox |image = Williamodendron glaucophyllum.jpg |image_caption = ''Williamodendron glaucophyllum'' |taxon = Williamodendron |authority = Kubitzki & H.G.Richt. |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = }}
'''''Williamodendron''''' is a genus of evergreen trees belonging to the Laurel family, Lauraceae, in South America.<ref name="jstor.org">{{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 }}</ref><ref name = Trop>{{cite web |url=http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40036712 |title= ''Williamodendron''|accessdate=5 August 2010 |format= |work= Tropicos.org |publisher=Missouri Botanical Garden}}</ref>
==Description== Fruit is globose and subtended by the small persistent tepals, which form a collar at the base of the fruit.<ref name="jstor.org"/> The floral characters and the wood and bark anatomy indicate a close relationship between ''Williamodendron'' and ''Mezilaurus''.<ref name="jstor.org"/>
==Species== Five species are accepted.<ref>{{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}}</ref> * ''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.}}
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Category:Lauraceae genera Category:Flora of the Neotropical realm Category:Lauraceae Category:Flora of Southern America Category:Taxa described in 1987 Category:Taxa named by Klaus Kubitzki