Peripentadenia

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Peripentadenia
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Peripentadenia mearsii
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Oxalidales
Family: Elaeocarpaceae
Genus: Peripentadenia
L.S.Sm. [1] [2]
Type species
Peripentadenia mearsii
(C.T.White) L.S.Sm. [1] [2]
Species

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Peripentadenia is a genus of two species of large trees from the family Elaeocarpaceae endemic to the rainforests of northeastern Queensland, Australia. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] Sometimes they have the common name quandong. [4] [7]

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Botanists have formally described two species, both endemic to restricted areas of the Wet Tropics rainforests of northeastern Queensland. [2] [3] [4] [7] [8]

Both species have official recognition of at risk of extinction in the wild. [9]

Species

Synonym and base name: Actephila mearsiiC.T.White
Queensland government official "near threatened" species conservation status. [9] :73
Queensland government official "vulnerable" species conservation status. [9] :54

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References

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