Pendressia
(Redirected from Wilkiea wardellii)
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| Illustration of Pendressia wardellii (as Mollinedia wardellii – bottom), with Wilkiea angustifolia (as Mollinedia angustifolia - top) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Laurales |
| Family: | Monimiaceae |
| Genus: | Pendressia Whiffin (2018) |
| Species: | P. wardellii
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| Binomial name | |
| Pendressia wardellii (F.Muell.) Whiffin (2018)
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Pendressia wardellii is a species of flowering plant in the family Monimiaceae. It is a tree native to northeastern Queensland.[2] It is the sole species in genus Pendressia.
The species was first described as Mollinedia wardellii by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1866. It was renamed Wilkiea wardellii by Janet Russell Perkins in 1898. In 2018 Trevor Paul Whiffin placed it in the new monotypic genus Pendressia as Pendressia wardellii.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Pendressia Whiffin. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ a b c Pendressia wardellii (F.Muell.) Whiffin Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 February 2024.