Kendrickia walkeri

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

Kendrickia walkeri
Scientific classification Edit this 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[1]
  • Kendrickia walkeri (Thwaites) Hook.f. ex Triana
  • Medinilla walkeri Gardner
  • Pachycentria walkeri Thwaites

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]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "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. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  3. ^ Bentham, G.; Hooker, J.D. (1867). Genera Plantarum. Vol. 1. pp. 751–752.