Peripentadenia | |
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Peripentadenia mearsii | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Oxalidales |
Family: | Elaeocarpaceae |
Genus: |
Peripentadenia L.S.Sm. [1] [2] |
Type species | |
Peripentadenia mearsii | |
Species | |
See text |
Peripentadenia is a genus of two species of large trees from the family Elaeocarpaceae endemic to the rainforests of northeastern Queensland, Australia. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] Sometimes they have the common name quandong. [4] [7]
Botanists have formally described two species, both endemic to restricted areas of the Wet Tropics rainforests of northeastern Queensland. [2] [3] [4] [7] [8]
Both species have official recognition of at risk of extinction in the wild. [9]
Peripentadenia | |
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Peripentadenia mearsii | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Oxalidales |
Family: | Elaeocarpaceae |
Genus: |
Peripentadenia L.S.Sm. [1] [2] |
Type species | |
Peripentadenia mearsii | |
Species | |
See text |
Peripentadenia is a genus of two species of large trees from the family Elaeocarpaceae endemic to the rainforests of northeastern Queensland, Australia. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] Sometimes they have the common name quandong. [4] [7]
Botanists have formally described two species, both endemic to restricted areas of the Wet Tropics rainforests of northeastern Queensland. [2] [3] [4] [7] [8]
Both species have official recognition of at risk of extinction in the wild. [9]