Perryodendron | |
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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
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Binomial name | |
Perryodendron parviflorum (C.T.White) T.G.Hartley
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Synonyms [1] | |
Melicope parviflora C.T.White |
Perryodendron is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rutaceae. The only known species is Perryodendron parviflorum. [2]
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]
Perryodendron | |
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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 |
Perryodendron is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rutaceae. The only known species is Perryodendron parviflorum. [2]
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]