| Perryodendron | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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 | |
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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.
The species is found in New Guinea.
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. The Latin specific epithet of parviflorum is a compound, parv- meaning little and '-florum' meaning flower. It was first described and published in Adansonia, sér.3, Vol.19 on page 198 in 1997.
References
- "Perryodendron parviflorum (C.T.White)". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Perryodendron T.G.Hartley | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 978-1845337315.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Perryodendron | |
| Perryodendron parviflorum | |