Kendrickia walkeri

Kendrickia walkeri
Scientific 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
	Kendrickia walkeri (Thwaites) Hook.f. ex Triana ; Medinilla walkeri Gardner ; Pachycentria walkeri Thwaites ;

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

^ ^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.

[POWO_genus-1] "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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