Kendrickia (plant)
Kendrickia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.[1] It only contains one species, Kendrickia walkeri.[2]
| Kendrickia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Melastomataceae |
| Genus: | Kendrickia Hook.f. |
| Species: | K. walkeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Kendrickia walkeri Hook.f. | |
| Synonyms | |
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Its native range is India and Sri Lanka.[2]
The genus name of Kendrickia is in honour of George Henry Kendrick Thwaites (1811–1882), an English botanist and entomologist.[3] Both genus and species were first described and published in 1867.[4]
References
- "Kendrickia Hook.f. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
- "Kendrickia walkeri Hook.f. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
- Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- Bentham, G.; Hooker, J.D. (1867). Genera Plantarum. Vol. 1. pp. 751–752.
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