Rhabdodendron

Rhabdodendron is a genus of flowering plant in the monotypic family Rhabdodendraceae. It comprises three species of tropical South American trees.
It is placed in its own family, Rhabdodendraceae, which has only been recognized for the past few decades. The 2003 APG II system assigned it to the order Caryophyllales in the clade core eudicots. The 1981 Cronquist system placed it in the order Rosales. Before the creation of the family Rhabdodendraceae, the genus Rhabdodendron had a very lively history as to taxonomic placement.