Kendrickia (plant)

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Kendrickia
Scientific classification edit
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
  • Kendrickia walkeri (Thwaites) Hook.f. ex Triana
  • Medinilla walkeri Gardner
  • Pachycentria walkeri Thwaites

Kendrickia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.[1] It only contains one species, Kendrickia walkeri.[2]

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[]

  1. ^ "Kendrickia Hook.f. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Kendrickia walkeri Hook.f. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Bentham, G.; Hooker, J.D. (1867). Genera Plantarum. Vol. 1. pp. 751–752.
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