Woodburnia

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Woodburnia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Araliaceae
Subfamily: Aralioideae
Genus: Woodburnia
Prain
Species:
W. penduliflora
Binomial name
Woodburnia penduliflora
Prain

Woodburnia penduliflora is a species of flowering plant in the family Araliaceae and the only representative of the genus Woodburnia.[1] It is endemic to Burma and was first described from the Kachin State in 1903.[2] The genus was named after the former president of the Asiatic Society of Bengal and lieutenant governor of Bengal, John Woodburn.[3] It was described by botanist David Prain as having striking flowers unusually large for the Araliaceae family.[4]

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  1. ^ Nicolas, Antoine N.; Plunkett, Gregory M. (2009-10-01). "The demise of subfamily Hydrocotyloideae (Apiaceae) and the re-alignment of its genera across the entire order Apiales". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 53 (1): 134–151. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.06.010. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 19549570.
  2. ^ Manchester, Steven R.; Chen, Zhi-Duan; Lu, An-Ming; Uemura, Kazuhiko (January 2009). "Eastern Asian endemic seed plant genera and their paleogeographic history throughout the Northern Hemisphere". Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 47 (1): 1–42. doi:10.1111/j.1759-6831.2009.00001.x. S2CID 84266950.
  3. ^ Prain, David (1905). Noviciae Indicae: Some Additional Species of Indian Plants. Newman & Company. pp. 24–26.
  4. ^ Britain), Royal Microscopical Society (Great (1903). Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society. Royal Microscopical Society.