Pendressia | |
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Illustration of Pendressia wardellii (as Mollinedia wardellii – bottom), with Wilkiea angustifolia (as Mollinedia angustifolia - top) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Magnoliids |
Order: | Laurales |
Family: | Monimiaceae |
Genus: | Pendressia Whiffin[2] |
Species: | P. wardellii
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Binomial name | |
Pendressia wardellii | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Pendressia wardellii is a species of flowering plant in the family Monimiaceae, and is the sole species in the genus Pendressia. It is a tall shrub to small tree endemic to north-eastern Queensland. It has egg-shaped to elliptic leaves, male flowers and female flowers on separate plants, male flowers with 10 to 15 stamens and female flowers with 8 to 10 carpels, and red drupes.