Genus Commidendrum
Commidendrum is a genus of four species of trees and shrubs in the family Asteraceae endemic to the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean.Species in the genus Commidendrum of plants
Bastard gumwood - In December 2009, Lourens Malan, a horticulturist working for the island's conservation department under the Critical Species Recovery Project, discovered a wild tree growing on a cliff. A local team of botanists, conservationists and volunteers commenced an intensive programme of hand pollination and seed collection of the remaining cultivated tree, while protecting it from insects that may cross-pollinate with nearby false gumwoods. Successful fertilisation will occur only if any grains of pollen happen to have mutations that will suppress the tree's mechanisms for preventing self-pollination.