Perryodendron
Species of flowering plant
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Perryodendron is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rutaceae. The only known species is Perryodendron parviflorum.[2]
| Perryodendron | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Rutaceae |
| Subfamily: | Zanthoxyloideae |
| Genus: | Perryodendron T.G.Hartley |
| Species: | P. parviflorum |
| Binomial name | |
| Perryodendron parviflorum (C.T.White) T.G.Hartley | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
|
Melicope parviflora C.T.White | |
The species is found in New Guinea.[2]
The genus name of Perryodendron is in honour of Lily May Perry (1895–1992), a Canadian-American botanist who worked at Arnold Arboretum and is most known for detailed compilation of information on medicinal plants of East and Southeast Asia.[3] The Latin specific epithet of parviflorum is a compound, parv- meaning little and '-florum' meaning flower.[4] It was first described and published in Adansonia, sér.3, Vol.19 on page 198 in 1997.[2]