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Kendrickia

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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]

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

  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.
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Kendrickia walkeri: Brief Summary

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

Its native range is India and Sri Lanka.

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

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