Woodburnia

Woodburnia
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Apiales
Family:	Araliaceae
Subfamily:	Aralioideae
Genus:	Woodburnia Prain
Species:	W. penduliflora
Binomial name
Woodburnia penduliflora Prain

Woodburnia penduliflora is a species of flowering plant in the family Araliaceae and the only representative of the genus Woodburnia. ^[2] It is endemic to Burma and was first described from the Kachin State in 1903. ^[3] The genus was named after the former president of the Asiatic Society of Bengal and lieutenant governor of Bengal, John Woodburn. ^[4] It was described by botanist David Prain as having striking flowers unusually large for the Araliaceae family. ^[5]

External links

• Woodburnia penduliflora on JSTOR

References

1. IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group & Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) (2021). "Woodburnia penduliflora". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021: e.T180394308A180394310. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
2. Nicolas, Antoine N.; Plunkett, Gregory M. (2009-10-01). "The demise of subfamily Hydrocotyloideae (Apiaceae) and the re-alignment of its genera across the entire order Apiales" . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 53 (1): 134–151. Bibcode:2009MolPE..53..134N. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.06.010. ISSN   1055-7903. PMID   19549570.
3. Manchester, Steven R.; Chen, Zhi-Duan; Lu, An-Ming; Uemura, Kazuhiko (January 2009). "Eastern Asian endemic seed plant genera and their paleogeographic history throughout the Northern Hemisphere" . Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 47 (1): 1–42. doi:10.1111/j.1759-6831.2009.00001.x. S2CID   84266950.
4. Prain, David (1905). Noviciae Indicae: Some Additional Species of Indian Plants. Newman & Company. pp. 24–26.
5. Britain), Royal Microscopical Society (Great (1903). Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society. Royal Microscopical Society.