Kendrickia walkeri
Species of flowering plant
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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]
| Kendrickia walkeri | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| 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[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]