Kendrickia walkeri

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Kendrickia walkeri
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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 [1]
  • 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. It only contains one species, Kendrickia walkeri. [1]

Its native range is India and Sri Lanka. [1]

The genus name of Kendrickia is in honour of George Henry Kendrick Thwaites (1811–1882), an English botanist and entomologist. [2] Both genus and species were first described and published in 1867. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Kendrickia". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Bentham, G.; Hooker, J.D. (1867). Genera Plantarum. Vol. 1. pp. 751–752.
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