| Pternandra | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Melastomataceae |
| Genus: | Pternandra Jack |
| Type species | |
| Pternandra coerulescens Jack
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pternandra is a genus of trees in the Melastomataceae family. There are 17 species in the taxa. It is native to an area from northern Australia through Southeast Asia to Hainan, Zhōngguó/China and India. The botanist William Jack who named the taxa, died at 27 years of age, the year his description was published.
- ^ "Pternandra Jack". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 10 April 2021.