Woodburnia
| Woodburnia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Araliaceae |
| Subfamily: | Aralioideae |
| Genus: | Woodburnia Prain |
| Species: | W. penduliflora
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| Binomial name | |
| Woodburnia penduliflora Prain
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Woodburnia penduliflora is a species of flowering plant in the family Araliaceae and the only representative of the genus Woodburnia.[1] It is endemic to Burma and was first described from the Kachin State in 1903.[2] The genus was named after the former president of the Asiatic Society of Bengal and lieutenant governor of Bengal, John Woodburn.[3] It was described by botanist David Prain as having striking flowers unusually large for the Araliaceae family.[4]
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References
- ^ 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. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.06.010. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 19549570.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Prain, David (1905). Noviciae Indicae: Some Additional Species of Indian Plants. Newman & Company. pp. 24–26.
- ^ Britain), Royal Microscopical Society (Great (1903). Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society. Royal Microscopical Society.
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