Kendrickia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae. It only contains one species, Kendrickia walkeri.[1]
| Kendrickia walkeri | |
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Scientific classification 
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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
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| Binomial name | |
| Kendrickia walkeri Hook.f.
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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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
edit- ^ a b c "Kendrickia". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Bentham, G.; Hooker, J.D. (1867). Genera Plantarum. Vol. 1. pp. 751–752.