Saurauia whitfordii
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| Saurauia whitfordii | |
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| Herbarium specimen of Saurauia whitfordii[1] | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Actinidiaceae |
| Genus: | Saurauia |
| Species: | S. whitfordii |
| Binomial name | |
| Saurauia whitfordii | |
Saurauia whitfordii is a species of plant in the Actinidiaceae family. It is native to the Philippines.[2] Elmer Drew Merrill, the American botanist who first formally described the species, named it after Harry Nichols Whitford, another American botanist who collected the specimen Merrill examined.[3]